alpine loop--can't get enough

you know your med student is in some serious need of a change of scenery when on the eve before an all-day {!!} exam he asks if you'd like to take a drive through the alpine loop to see the leaves. i about jumped out of my skin when chris leaned over to me in sacrament meeting and suggested this. i of course obliged. i later found out, though that we'd be graced with the sweet sound of the pharmaceutical methods for treating Parkinson's, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder on 2x speed the ENTIRE time. my verdict? it was actually quite lovely. the most time i've spent with the husband all week {awake of course} and even though i hadn't the foggiest through most of the lectures, there were some little tidbits that were fairly interesting. chris even laughed out loud when i made comments pertaining to what the professor had said--"you're actually LISTENING to this?!?" the colors were beautiful, though i'm guessing that we definitely caught the tail end as much of the loop was high enough there was snow on the ground. we stopped at the trailhead of stewart falls and took a quick pic reminiscing when 3 years ago chris popped the question there. on our way back through provo canyon and up to salt lake we saw a semi truck that had rolled with a trailer full of sheep. thankfully i didn't take any pictures, but let me just say that the mangled body of the truck wasn't the first thing to clue us in there had been an accident involving sheep!