EMBRACING FALL

Since I am newly retired (heehee), and currently bored, I have the freedom and desire to accompany Chuck more when he travels for work. A couple weeks ago Chuck needed to go to Provo Utah on a recruiting trip. He has a couple of open territories in his district he needs to fill, so he was interviewing soon-to-be graduating seniors. I decided to tag along and keep him company.

What could be more autumncentric (I just made that word up) than fall foliage, turkey and football???? We got to experience all three on this trip!

It was gorgeous fall weather during our 3 days there. I got to spend a day with Dick and June Elder.  June and I did some shopping, a lot of visiting and went out to lunch. After Chuck got off work the two of us took a drive up Provo Canyon to Sundance to enjoy the beginning fall color, which was lovely.

While driving through Sundance we came across a herd of about 20 wild turkeys wandering through the woods and across the road.

The highlight of our trip was attending a BYU football game. BYU is Chuck's alma mater and he is an avid fan.  Unfortunately, this was the game that their star quarterback Tayson somebody (you can tell I'm not a real fan) broke his leg about halfway through the game and BYU lost to Utah State- a huge rivalry. I don't think they have won a game since. It was a fun evening, not as cold as we were expecting, even though it was a very late game, not starting until 8:30pm due to ESPN coverage. At halftime they retired Jim McMahon's jersey, so there was a nice ceremony with him and Lavell Edwards. It was easy to get swept up in the excitement of the game even though not the ending we would prefer.