The next item up on our infamous “Lucas Calendar” is the Fall Colour Tour. Use your English A to Zed dictionary, Colour is to color as spanner is to wrench.
As with the Alpine Loop this year, this is one of the events that had no volunteer for a sponsor. Therefore your EFL (ever fearless leader) will make it happen.
So, we will gather at the Zoo parking lot and go up Immigration and East Canyons and then out to Hennefer. Then we will wind our way back to Oakley, UT, on the side roads and stop for a repast at the Road Island Diner. Check out the story behind this amazing building, it’s incredible journey and the stunning menu at http://www.roadislanddiner.com/. Ok, so the menu wasn’t working the other day when I tried it but I looked a few months ago and they had a really interesting mix of choices.
From there we will continue on the back roads to Deer Valley Resort and The St. Regis Hotel for the “Sabrage Ceremony”. Sabrage is a fancy French word for “Hey, wouldn’t it be cool if we hacked off the top of a bottle of campaign with a really big knife?” So … as they are the crazy French … that’s exactly what they do. It’s quite a show. They also then give out a free sample. From there you are on your own to get home, safely!
All of this will begin at 11:00 AM (for an 11:30 departure) on Sunday, LET ME REPEAT, SUNDAY, October 3rd, 2010. This is one of the events each year that we try to schedule on the other day of the weekend. This time of year we have to be more aware of the weather so the rain date will be October 10th, the following Sunday. You may rest assured that I will be watching the weather forecasts closely as the event draws nigh and the email the day before will pretty much be the final word. My intention however, is to stick to the 3rd unless it’s snowing!