{"id":15321,"date":"2014-11-22T20:01:47","date_gmt":"2014-11-23T02:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/?p=15321"},"modified":"2014-11-23T07:06:29","modified_gmt":"2014-11-23T13:06:29","slug":"sometimes-it-is-nice-to-be-in-a-big-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/2014\/11\/sometimes-it-is-nice-to-be-in-a-big-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Sometimes it is nice to be in a big city"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The weather was forecast to be wet and cold.<\/p>\n<p>The morning started with some sun between the clouds.  I knew that I wanted to get some things done early.<\/p>\n<p>As early morning was nicer than I thought it would be, Bear and I headed toward Utah Lake.  We are in Lakeside RV Campground.  Utah Lake is a freshwater lake about 1\/2 mile from the campground.  According to some online sources, Utah Lake is slightly saline as it does get some feed from Great Salt Lake.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Nov14\/City9265.jpg\" target=\"Large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Nov14\/City9265.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>First evidence of a large lake was the marina storage area&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Nov14\/City9267.jpg\" target=\"Large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Nov14\/City9267.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;with a LOT of large sailboats.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Nov14\/City9268.jpg\" target=\"Large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Nov14\/City9268.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And an adjacent ranch with the Wasatch Mountains as a dramatic back drop.<\/p>\n<p>We wound around the ranch and back to the road that headed toward PetSmart&#8230;Bear&#8217;s Greenie supply was running a little low.<\/p>\n<p>Being a bit early for PetSmart, we continued on and&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Nov14\/City9269.jpg\" target=\"Large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Nov14\/City9269.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;found a store named Sprout&#8217;s Farmers Market.  It was a large natural food grocery &#8230;kind of a slightly smaller Whole Foods.  It was wonderful and I had a great time browsing as well as buying.  Friendly people, especially a young woman in the vitamin\/supplement area who is planning a trip to Glacier National Park next September.  She had great questions and had obviously done some research &#8211; fun to speak with her!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Nov14\/City9274.jpg\" target=\"Large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Nov14\/City9274.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Headed back to the campground, I noticed that the lake was visible.  There were wonderful views but none at a place that I could stop and take a photo&#8230;the stoplight with a peek-a-boo view was the best I could get.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Nov14\/City9277.jpg\" target=\"Large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Nov14\/City9277.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A bit of the haul:  greenies, some Bob&#8217;s Red Mill Artisan flour (I&#8217;ve not seen this at home and am excited to try it!), fresh rosemary and fresh mint &#8211; I really hope they survive the trip home &#8211; ginger for my ginger syrup, the rest is for a cranberry-jalapeno salsa which hopefully will be tomorrow&#8217;s football watching snack.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Nov14\/City9281.jpg\" target=\"Large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Nov14\/City9281.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Shortly after returning with supplies, the wind blew, it started raining and things looked like the forecast.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Nov14\/City9284.jpg\" target=\"Large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Nov14\/City9284.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bear and I made one more Jeep trip into Provo&#8230;Old town Provo with the mountains obscured by the low clouds.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Nov14\/City9288.jpg\" target=\"Large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Nov14\/City9288.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Back in Wild Thing, the dark, rainy day encouraged naptime for Auggie&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Nov14\/City9289.jpg\" target=\"Large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Nov14\/City9289.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;and Bear.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Nov14\/City9290.jpg\" target=\"Large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Nov14\/City9290.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But the fresh rosemary and mint made for a bit of &#8220;light&#8221; on a dark day.<\/p>\n<p>A fun day in a city.<\/p>\n<p>Right now, we are set to stay until Monday morning.  Hopefully the wind and snow north of here will have subsided and we&#8217;ll make a dash for Montana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The weather was forecast to be wet and cold. The morning started with some sun between the clouds. I knew that I wanted to get some things done early. As early morning was nicer than I thought it would be, Bear and I headed toward Utah Lake. We are in Lakeside RV Campground. 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