The weather report wasn’t looking all that great as Sunday approached, but we decided to press on regardless and the fall color tour up Wolf Creek pass was on! A surprisingly punctual group met up at the Hogle Zoo parking lot on what looked to be a lovely day despite the forecast. We all gathered round for tour directions (well, almost all of us were listing to the directions 🙂 ) and we headed up Emigration Canyon for the first really nice stretch of driving.
Most everyone took the direct route to the Sinclair station at Silver Summit — except a few who followed a certain yellow TR6 for a slightly more circuitous route. We were met at the rest stop by Roger and Jill Davis and we once again got our directions together and headed on out on US40 towards Heber. The colors by the lake gave us a nice show, though the light at the junction with River Road/UT32 split up the group a bit. Luckily Paul and I had actually tested the walkie-talkies and were able to keep the group together as we proceeded up towards the summit.
We took a nice little meandering road by the Blue Moon Alpaca Ranch and headed on through Woodland and towards Wolf Creek. Right by the winter gate we were temporarily held up by a minor sheep migration. One of the little buggers had the cheek to turn to me and give a very distinct “BAAAA” like he was reading from a teleprompter. Once the a path was clear we tackled the road up to the summit. The aspens were in full glory, shining a beautiful gold while we motored on up. The picnic area at the top was officially closed (I was counting on this) so it was deserted and we were able to spread out on the picnic tables and enjoy our lunches.
After lunch folks found their own ways back to their garages. A few of us headed on over the pass for a little bit to take in some more of the fine scenery and twisty roads. The rain splattered down a bit, but amounted to little more than a brief spritzing. All in all, a great end to a great driving season. This was the first club drive I’ve lead, and I hope that y’all had a good time following me up one of my favorite roads.
In attendance (reminder — better penmanship means I’ll be able to spell your name properly): Drew Frink ’70 MGB, Jerry Bletzacker ’53 MGB TD, Paul Jaroch ’04 Mercedes Benz ML, Bob Barr ’73 Morris van, Jim Stover 69 TR6, Kevin and Marie Cowan ’56 Austin Healey 100M, Tracy Bryan ’71 MGB, John and Barbara Progess ’62 MGA, Terry Rees ’71 GT6, Marty VanNood and Stinky ’74 TR6, Mike and Paula Sorensen ’81 Jaguar (also have a ’50 MG), Rich Weyland and Afylia TR250, Larry and Margaret Farrington TR6, Denny and Barry Blackett ’72 TR6, Keri and Melanie Bruce ’69 TR6, Kacey and Kylie Bruce Celica GT, Roger Dotson ’59 MGA, Roger and Jill Davis Honda.
