[Bmcu] reminder: tour next Sat. 4/12

[Gary Lindstrom]

Once Around the Lake Spring Run
April 12

It's tax time, secondary water is about to come on, the snow is gone for 
the time being and it's spring on the Wasatch Front and time for our 
first "Once Around the Lake Spring Run". Departure will be from two 
locations, the State Capitol and Checker Auto in Kaysville. Both groups 
will meet at Rainbow Gardens at the mouth of Ogden Canyon for a pit stop 
and then continue on.

  * 10:00 am The Salt Lake and south group will gather north east of the 
capitol overlooking City Creek Canyon at E. 500 N. and E. Capitol Blvd. 
That group will take the surface roads up into Bountiful, Centerville, 
Farmington and up to Old Hwy 89 to Harrison in Ogden and Rainbow Gardens 
at the mouth of Ogden Canyon east of 12th St. and Harrison.

	*10:30 am Our northern group will meet at Checker Auto Parts in 
Kaysville, 317 W. 200 N. just east of Wendy's. That group will travel 
north on Hwy 89, to Harrison, to Ogden and Rainbow Gardens to join the 
Salt Lake City group. From that meeting place we'll motor up the Canyon 
to The Oaks for lunch. Teddy Roosevelt took this route with other 
adventurous dignitaries on a motor excursion such as ours but the road 
had not yet been paved. Pictures of the event are in the Ogden pictorial 
archives. You'll feel the history of the area from your windshield at 30 
mph.

 From The Oaks we'll drive up to Pineview Reservoir in the pastures of 
the Ogden Valley to Eden, on to Liberty then up and over the North Ogden 
Divide, enjoying the spectacular view of the Salt Lake Valley. Then it's 
down from the Divide to Country Boy Dairy in North Ogden / Harrisville 
for dessert treats.

This is a lovely and local route that is rural, where we and our cars 
really want to be. No freeways here, just gentle touring in the British 
way. Come bat around Ogden Valley and enjoy this delightful area for our 
Spring Run. (Ed. note: Paul tells me "bat around" is a British term from 
the 70's where you take your motorbike out and ride around the 
countryside just for the sake of riding.)
-- Paul Jaroch