LOVE Ogden

In recent email correspondence, I have received the following. It is quite an interesting checklist for ways to enjoy Ogden. See how many you have done:

Run/hike the east bench trails one day a week.

Take a kid to a Raptors game.(http://www.baseballparks.com/View.asp)

Sit at the bar at Roosters and order Pepperjack Shrimpand at least two Junction City Stouts. If handcraftedbeer isn’t your thing, order homemade root beer.

Run all or part of the Ogden Marathon. If you’re not arunner, walk the 5k. If you can’t walk 3.1 miles, be avolunteer. If nothing else, come watch.(http://goalfoundation.com/).

Hike to the waterfall up Waterfall Canyon.

Ski the Olympic Downhill course at Snowbasin. Ifyou’re not a skier, sit at Earl’s Lodge and look at it.

Go to the Nature Center(http://www.ogdennaturecenter.org/).

Volunteer to build/repair trails with Weber Pathways(http://www.weberpathways.org/).

Listen to Zydeco artist Dwayne Dopsie rip a squeezebox to shreds as the sun sets on Historic 25th Streetduring the Harvest Moon Celebration.

No matter how poorly you play, play tennis at one of our parks at least once.Ride a mountain bike on the Bonneville Shoreline trailone day a week.

Vote “Yes” on the upcoming bond election. If you havekids in school, you already know why. If your kids areout of school, remember…your kid’s name is the onescrawled in the torn textbook and carved in the desk.Make it right.

Buy some produce at the Farmers’ Market.

Visit three local art galleries and buy at least onepiece of art from an Ogden artist and put it in yourhome.

Climb Ben Lomond.

Buy two tacos for a buck at one of the taco cartsaround the Municipal Building on a Wednesday.

Lose and/or find a dozen golf balls at Mount OgdenGolf Course (watch out for poison ivy).

For one week, buy your coffee (tea, hot chocolate,etc.) at a different coffee shop every day. (MountainPerk, Grounds for Coffee, Daily Rise, etc.).

Go to the Ogden vs. Ben Lomond football game.

Get a pizza from someplace that’s NOT a nationalchain.

Ride an old cruiser bike down the Ogden River Parkway.

Be an athlete, volunteer or spectator at the XterraMountain Regional Championships.

Get to know every neighbor within two houses in everydirection of your own.

Go get ice cream at Farr’s.

After you’ve done all of that…do it all again withsomeone from outside the area.

Have fun LOVING Ogden!!