Jack's Wood-Fired Oven

Yeah! We finally made it to the restaurant, which is right on main street in Logan, across from the library. It was so fun to see Jack and Julie again. I really miss Julie's serene happiness. Here's Golden Delicious and Mr. Bechtel ordering. The menu on the back wall was written by their daughter, Becca. It is a professional work of art. We tried a bit of everything.

Here's Becca and her beau making our pizzas. They look happier than normal pizza workers...

The Hungry Masses....

Yum. This is the "Cache" pizza. It's got a white sauce with chicken. It was really good. We got several basic pepperoni type pizzas for the kids that don't like "weird things" on their pizza. They were great, I think... They disappeared before I sampled them.

This is my favorite. Oh boy. This is Lyon Bread. Thin, puffy, crispy bread with olive oil drizzled on and parmesan cheese... Definitely yummy. We tried several of them.

They also have sandwiches, called Grinders, that are big squares of panini bread grilled in the oven with various fillings. We tried a "Captain Jack" (beef with peppers and cheese) and a "Boxcar" which is BBQ pork with fresh pineapple. Here I'm trying the boxcar. It passed inspection! They were delicious. Braeburn and Mr. Bechtel heartily approved also.

What a yummy dinner and we timed it perfect too. There was a little lull in traffic and we had time to visit for a few minutes before the main dinner crowd came in.

Then we went to tour Utah State campus, and even though we'd just had a great dinner, we still found room for an Aggie ice cream.

To Be Continued...

Day Trip!

Well, I am sick, sick, sick of winter and we all decided we needed a little break, so on Saturday we headed down to Logan to visit our friends. They moved down last year and opened a new restaurant making Pizza in a REAL wood-fired oven. We miss them (and the pizza) so we decided to go check it out!

First we had to stop at Red Rock Pass which is where the outlet to Ancient Lake Bonneville was.

From the top you can see over into the next valley where there is some great ranch land that would be a good Louis L'Amour ranch - you know, "nestled in a mountain valley with the back of your cabin against the cliff wall so you're protected from villians." etc. (You always have to keep your eyes open for good ground - except that this drives Prairie Spy nuts because he can't handle just dreaming about it, and becomes adamant that we must move there Right Now.)

Unfortunately, dreaming is about as good as it gets right now. Driving through Preston was great and we pointed out all the Napoleon Dynamite hot-spots: The Cuttin Corral, Summer Wheatley's House, etc.

We couldn't get ahold of Carlisle's so we just decided we'd follow our noses and trust that they were there. After all, running a restaurant is like milking cows, you have to be there. Granny Smith, though, was much more interested in finding his buddy, little Jack C. So we decided to try and find their house before heading to their restaurant.

To be continued...

Happy Birthday Golden Delicious!

14!!! Impossible! Miss G. D. Had a great birthday. First she went sledding with her girlfriends and spent the afternoon doing girlish things, and then she went out to dinner with her Grandpa and Grandma.

After dinner, we all had cake and ice cream (Alta's chocolate cake with Great Grandma R's chocolate frosting) and she opened her presents.

hmmm. Looks like a good present. Her brothers seemed jealous...Happy 14th Birthday, Beauty!

Wolf Moon

January's full moon was the biggest one we will have this year. It certainly looked impressive as it came over the hill.

Winter Camping

Here's proof that the Spy twins should have been pioneers... They set the tent up and have been camping out for several nights. Bhrrrrrr! Jack the Dog has kept them company and they appear no worse for the wear, even though it snowed all night long.

Other Holiday Tidbits

We made Danish Pastry, which actually turned out and was delicious.

Braeburn's Friend debuted his movied at the local theater.

An informal Echo/Aspen meeting, with cream cheese.

New Years Eve Prep

Yum!

Alexis slaving away.

Grant interrupting...

Grant doing my dishes for about the 10th time.