Picto Diary - 01 to 08 August 2022 - Ski Bums
Above: Moose cow. Residence back yard, Iron Canyon, Park City, UT. 03 August 2022.
Annual moose sightings in the yard are becoming fairly routine. This image, captured by Samsung phone from inside the house has particularly good lighting showing perfectly moose features.
Above: C. J. Hales. Oil on Canvas Painter. David Dornan Gallery. Helper, UT. 04 August 2022.
Out and about on the Duc.
After lunch at the Balance Rock Grill, I walked up to the David Dornan Gallery to say hi to C.J. We purchased a painting from him three years ago. He recently had a show in Helper and has an upcoming show in Salt Lake City. I was glad to see him doing so well.
Above: "The Approach" by C. J. Hales, Helper, UT artist. Purchased by us 2019.
Above: Bamberger Monument, Carbon County, Utah. 04 August 2022.
Out and about on the Duc.
Bishop, Guzzi, Commodore, Sulka Dog
A must-stop for me while riding the Duc on US 191 in Carbon County. Simon Bamberger is touted as Utah's only Jewish Governor. I don't doubt that the businessman and railroad man Bamberger deserved the job. Bamberger was a successful and popular governor. But I suspect that his election was aided by LDS members' eagerness to demonstrate, post statehood, 1896, and post LDS Church renouncing polygamy, 1890, their commitment to disaggregating the notion of LDS Church and state melded leadership.
The monument itself is one of those wonderful spots on the "quirky Utah" list (my term, my list), which include such attractions as Gilgal Gardens in Salt Lake City and the southwest Wyoming corner monument at the intersection of Chalk Creek Road (Utah) and Yellow Creek Road (Wyoming). There could not be a more bizarre location for a monument honoring a governor, as US 191, between Helper and Duchesne. Few know about the monument. It is rarely featured on lists of Utah tourist attractions.
Above: Wolf Creek Summit. Summit County, Utah. 04 August 2022.
Out and about on the Duc.
Sulka Dog and Guzzi. BMW R1150 GS.
Above: Wolf Creek Summit. Summit County, Utah. 04 August 2022.
Out and about on the Duc.
At altitude.
Above: Portugal (file image). 04 August 2022.
We enjoyed the cocktail hour visit of Tal and Tina, Atlanta based motorcycle friends and frequent visitors to Park City.
Tal and Tina updated us on their migration-in-process to Portugal where they already have a home and one garaged Motorcycle. Portugal is lowering immigration hurdles and many Americans are taking the bait. Five years residency enables application for citizenship. Portuguese language proficiency is a requirement at the time of application for citizenship. Tina is an oenophile and leads wine tours in France when not getting her Portugal house in shape. After Tal and Tina departed, I asked TIMDT what she thought of their plans. "Brave... adventuresome... and fun," she replied. "Portugal is a place I'd go if we were considering doing something like that," she added. We agreed, that at this stage of our life, we'd just have to settle for Ivins. Guzzi, with whom I had ridden motorcycles, earlier, joined for cocktail hour.
Above: Art piece. Kimball Arts Festival. Park City, UT. 05 August 2022.
LSDM Walkers.
Computer keys as art. A cynic would call this festival a "crafts festival." Over ten years ago we purchased a sculpture, looking like a large ball, made from heavy nails emanating from the center of the "ball (see below image)." Like the above computer key array, the nail ball is a good example of the creative impulse. Each is art to me!
Above: "Nail Ball." Purchased Kimball Arts Festival circa 2005.
Above: Ski Bum car. City Park, Park City, UT. 05 August 2022.
LSDM Walkers.
Housing costs are pricing ski-bums out of Park City. Per mountain town guru Myles Rademan, ski-bums are essential to create ski town chic. Can you have a ski town sans ski bums? I guess we're about to find out.
Above: Sterling Steak and Lounge. Kimball Junction, Park City, UT. 05 August 2022.
New dining spot tried in TIMDT's quest to find good new dining spots in Park City.
Nice outdoor setting. Steak was adequate, though not Morton's or Peter Lugar level. Service was eager and attentive, from manager on down. Not repulsed. We'll go back.
Above: Deer Valley Amphitheater. Kristin Chenoweth. 06 August 2022.
Excellent concert. Chenoweth featured her two very talented female back-up singers, Crystal Monee Hall and Marissa Rosen. Chenoweth proudly credited her conductor, pianist producer, Barbara Cook. Chenoweth featured a 16-year-old Utah resident boy graduate, last name Farnsworth, of her theater camp in Oklahoma in first a solo and then a duet. Fabulous performance.
TIMDT and Mwah (sic) joined Maui, 'Cake, Geneva, KK, Daggett and Bernie Girl at concert.
Above: Dismantling, cleaning and reassembling Sig Sauer 556 AR-15. Park City, UT 07 August 2022.
Quest to have in-house family expertise on cleaning all Bishop's guns*** nearly complete. Only 30-40 Krag remains.
***Handguns: HK 45 semi-automatic; Sig Sauer P365 9-millimeter semi-automatic; Ruger 38 police special revolver; 454 Casul. Rifles: 30/40 Krag; Stevens 22 single shot. Sig Sauer AR-15; Remington 12-gauge riot gun.
Above: Sand Hill Cranes. Snyderville, UT. 07 August 2022.
Addendum:
Steve,
What in the world do you need an HK Semi-automatic pistol for?
Tom,
Aspen, CO
A "traditional" family is great until the husband leaves to marry his secretary. Then the single mom must do a super job of raising the kids by herself. You have guns?!!
Academy Theater,
Salt Lake City, UT
Striving for but not reaching the ideal (happy, successful traditional family) doesn't negate the need to pursue the ideal. It is true that in break-ups the heavier burden is more often placed on the mom. Moms who double down to raise the family post break-up deserve a special kind of respect.
Steve,
Your 10th picture prompts the question: Is there anywhere on the entire planet that there aren’t seagulls?
Curious,
Ahn-Rhee
Larkspur, CA
I live here and it still seems bizarre to me to see these "sea birds," especially the pelicans. In Mormon history, seagulls in abundance are credited with preventing early Salt Lake Valley settlers from starvation. Seagulls putatively swooped in to consume a huge cricket infestation seeking to devour circa 1849 pioneer crops.