Ah! the sweet smell of lavender. Is there a better smell in the entire world? My sisters and I discovered the Lavender Festival in Mona, Utah, three years ago. The festival is hosted by Young Living Farms, and Mona is the site of one of their Lavender farms. They also have farms in Idaho, France, and Equador.
The festival is usually held the first week-end in July, but this year, it was held last weekend (we assumed it was because this weekend is the 4th of July holiday). The festival runs Friday and Saturday, but we just go on Saturday. The day starts early, as we sign up for the 5k run. Did I say run? For us, it is a walk.
Last year I hung with Cheryl for the 5k, we mostly walked, but did do a little running. My finishing time last year was 47:19.8. This year, none of that running stuff. We just walked. Still had a pretty good time of 53:27.7. Or, 317th place overall. Hmmmm, that doesn't sound near as good. How about 14th, in Women 50-54? Anyway, those were my results this year.
My favorite part of the walk? Winding your way up, around and through the lavender fields. The smell is heavenly! This year it was a little disappointing though. The plants were just barely starting to bloom, so it wasn't a very spectacular sight. In other years, it has been both wonderful to the eyes and nose.
Here is a picture I took this year while walking along:
and to compare, here is a picture from two years ago:
After the race, they had a drawing. My number was called! I won a $20 gift certificate to Runners Corner here in Orem, and a cute Old Navy shirt that had been monogrammed with the Young Living logo on the collar. (I gave both of them to Gary, figured he would appreciate the gift certificate more than I ever would, and I thought one of his girls would look cuter in the shirt that I would).
The rest of the morning we spent wandering thru the vendor booths. We had some lavender ice cream (made by our friends at the Red Barn in Santaquin). It was to die for! The classes we went to were just kinda ho-hum this year. Probably because it was hot & I was tired.
How about a recipe to close? Saw this in a recipe book that I looked thru. I thought it looked good, maybe because it was hot and I was thirsty. If you don't know what agave is, look it up. I'm sure you can find it at any health food store.
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4 comments:
yes, yes. your picture from 2 years does shoe much more lavender in bloom. one of these days i may actually get a chance to go with you. :)
Sounds like a wonderful day!
I taught some great old ladies on my mission. It was this old woman and her mom, and they were sorta reactivated, but still pretty less-active. Anyway, they had a lovely little yard...they had as many furnishings outside as they did inside, and lavender, they had lavender everywhere. They even had huge bunches of it just cut and sitting in a basket, because they had nothing else to do with it. I would have snagged some for our apartment or something, but that was in Bellevue where we had to park down the street from our apartment because of our giant van, and I just didn't think it would go well for the nice men with soft demeanors to be carrying purple lavender plants towards the 1-bedroom apartment they shared...
Hmmm... Agave. Isn't that the plant they use to make Tequila? What are you trying to get us to make??
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