Utaventure

As I mentioned in my previous post ( October 2018 ), at the end of October the kids had a long weekend, it was almost Hendrik's 16th birthday ánd New York was on our to do list for a long time ... what more reasons do you need to head to 'The Big Apple'! History behind this Nickname? In the 1920s, the New York race tracks were the cream of the crops. The writer of a Horse racing column in the New York Morning Telegraph, John Fitzgerald, overheard stable boys from New Orleans saying that going to the New York races was a big treat, the prize, allegorically a Big Apple. He therefore called his column 'Around The Big Apple'. A decade later, many jazz musicians started calling the city 'The Big Apple' to refer to New York City as the jazz capital of the world. Soon the name became synonymous with New York City and its cultural diversity. We flew from Salt Lake City to Newark International airport, which is one of the 3 major airports serving the New ...

We continued October the way we finished September ( September 2018 post ), by enjoying the Fall Foliage 🍁 Utah is known for, together with my parents. While the kids were @ school and Geert @ work, I took them up the ' Farmington Creek trail ' , which leads to a beautiful waterfall. To get to the base of the waterfall, you need to descend via a rope. I've done this hike before with the spouses, and not all of them dared to do this descent ... my parents of 73 and 74 did!! 👊 Going down What goes down, must come up again   😆 Along the way, you have gorgeous views into the canyon and the valley, ...   Views into the canyon View on the valley, with the salt lake in the back .. and you see some old wrecks of cars that plummeted off the small mountain pass road, located about 100 feet above the trail. The father of a lady in our street was one of the rescuers working in that canyon more than 50 years ago. She told us it were often yo...