Escape to Park City.

Yesterday we drove up to Park City to escape the shitty air down here in the valley due to the pressure inversion.  I'm pretty sure inversions are one of the reasons I hate January.  Anyway, we had a nice time.  Skyler got to run around with his monkey leash and we got to breathe some fresh air.  It was so nice to see the sun and feel temperatures in the upper 30's for a change!  The Sundance film festival is happening right now and I'm not sure if that's why everyone along the trail was so nice or if Park City people are always that friendly.  People would stop and talk to Skyler and to ask about what kind of dog Maizey is.  Altair says we're going back up there next weekend.  We'll see, I have to remove and replace the radiator in her car Saturday.  That doesn't sound as fun as playing outside...

(Blogger is acting like a bitch again today, the photos are not in order...  Sorry!)

The windows of the barn are painted black plywood.

This was sad, it's the utilities pole from the Osguthorpe farm house on the north side of the road across from the barn.

Telephone service anyone?

Along the property fence, an outlet.  Probably for plugging in a block heater on a tractor to feed cows.  I remember seeing the dairy when I was a kid.  If I remember correctly, when Park City inherited the property they also inherited something like 250,000 gallons of liquid cow manure from the dairy's manure pit!  I think it's still entombed on the property too!

Doesn't everyone walk their kid on a leash?

Skyler had to see what the plaque said.

A lovely, clear day.

Skyler's viewpoint.

Another twinkie little stream!

He was saying "wawa" for water.

Silos at the old Osguthorpe dairy.  The barn is now preserved as a national historic site.  The dairy moved to Delta around 1990.

John Deere 14t baler from the 50's.

More "wawa".

Walking around the "barnyard". 

Back on the world's friendliest trail.

The shitty air viewed from the truck on the way back down Parley's canyon.

Maizey dog found field mice tracks that led to the tumbleweeds sticking out of the snow. 

Getting clean with a balloon!  (yes, that's a John Deere balloon)