Tom Kelly
@tomkellyolympic.bsky.social
Olympic storyteller who loves skiing, Jeeping, photography, European travel, and the NFL. Honored member US Ski & Snowboard Hall of Fame.
This week the whisper of water and the crunch of fallen leaves takes us to Cascade Springs for Sunday Drive in the Park Record.
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Sunday Drive: Whisper of water at Cascade Springs - Park Record
It was an ideal evening for a walk through autumn. In a little alcove, a romantic couple posed for a photographer, capturing images and memories. Two young boys in matching sweaters scampered along a ...
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October 15, 2025 at 1:30 PM
This week the whisper of water and the crunch of fallen leaves takes us to Cascade Springs for Sunday Drive in the Park Record.
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The best of fall isn't just blazing gold aspens. What a wonderful drive I had through the Oquirrhs -- this week in Sunday Drive in the Park Record.
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Sunday Drive: A fall drive in the Oquirrhs - Park Record
"The drive was tranquil for the first four miles, winding through the last golden days of autumn. Then came the switchbacks, climbing sharply toward the 7,600-foot saddle."
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October 9, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The best of fall isn't just blazing gold aspens. What a wonderful drive I had through the Oquirrhs -- this week in Sunday Drive in the Park Record.
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What a magical fall walk it was up to Willow Lake. Read about it in this week's Sunday Drive in the Park Record.
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Sunday Drive: A magical fall walk to a mountain lake - Park Record
"The Willow Lake hike is a lesser-known autumn adventure. At under two miles round trip with only moderate elevation gain, it’s ideal for families and anyone looking for a quick escape into the mounta...
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October 5, 2025 at 2:14 PM
What a magical fall walk it was up to Willow Lake. Read about it in this week's Sunday Drive in the Park Record.
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An early fall drive was like finding a diamond in the rough. Check out Diamond Fork in Sunday Drive in the Park Record.
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Sunday Drive: A diamond in the rough - Park Record
"Sometimes the best adventures are right there in front of us – simply waiting for us to stop, look, and linger."
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October 2, 2025 at 5:04 AM
An early fall drive was like finding a diamond in the rough. Check out Diamond Fork in Sunday Drive in the Park Record.
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A year after the Yellow Lake Fire, Mother Nature is alive and vibrant! Check it out in this week's Sunday Drive in the Park Record.
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Sunday Drive: A year later, Mother Nature is alive and vibrant - Park Record
"It’s been just about a year (Sept. 28) since the first plumes of smoke rose from the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest."
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September 22, 2025 at 7:16 PM
A year after the Yellow Lake Fire, Mother Nature is alive and vibrant! Check it out in this week's Sunday Drive in the Park Record.
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There's a wonderful sense of calmness in this tucked-away city park in downtown Salt Lake City. Read about it in Sunday Drive in the Park Record.
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Sunday Driver: A peaceful oasis of gardens and stone - Park Record
"Gilgal Park, tucked into the Trolley Square neighborhood of East Central Salt Lake City, has been an eclectic fixture in the city’s landscape for nearly 80 years."
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September 17, 2025 at 2:46 PM
There's a wonderful sense of calmness in this tucked-away city park in downtown Salt Lake City. Read about it in Sunday Drive in the Park Record.
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Exploring the legends of tie hackers on Red Pine Road, featured in Sunday Drive in the Park Record.
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Sunday Drive: Legends of tie hackers on Red Pine Road - Park Record
Smith and Morehouse aren’t just names on a reservoir — they were men of muscle and grit.
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September 14, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Exploring the legends of tie hackers on Red Pine Road, featured in Sunday Drive in the Park Record.
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History, art, ice cream, and dinosaur eggs! A perfect combo with four-year-old Dakota, this week in Sunday Drive in the Park Record.
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Sunday Drive: An afternoon adventure on Main Street - Park Record
I pushed down on the plunger of the detonator box, sending a pseudo-signal through the wires to the dynamite deep in the mine. “Cover your ears,” I yelled out to Dakota. She dutifully put her hands to...
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August 30, 2025 at 1:42 PM
History, art, ice cream, and dinosaur eggs! A perfect combo with four-year-old Dakota, this week in Sunday Drive in the Park Record.
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Loved walking down Olympic memory lane with Inside the Rings podcast host Jon Hawkins.
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Behind the Mic: Tom Kelly on the Voices and Visions of the Olympic Movement
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August 29, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Loved walking down Olympic memory lane with Inside the Rings podcast host Jon Hawkins.
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Paddling through canyons and history at Causey Reservoir, in this week's Sunday Drive in the Park Record.
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Sunday Driver: Paddling the canyons of Causey Reservoir - Park Record
"Causey Reservoir sits at a fascinating crossroads of geography and history — the confluence of the South, Middle and Right Hand Forks of the Ogden River."
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August 24, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Paddling through canyons and history at Causey Reservoir, in this week's Sunday Drive in the Park Record.
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Late night pickin' at the Rockport Dam in this week's Sunday Drive in the Park Record.
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Sunday Drive: Late night pickin' at the Rockport Dam - Park Record
The bright glow of a nearly full moon — the sturgeon moon, as it is called — was coming up over the Rockport Dam as we wandered in the darkness through an open field. Off in the distance, warm light s...
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August 17, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Late night pickin' at the Rockport Dam in this week's Sunday Drive in the Park Record.
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Our quest to reach Carole's Peak came closer last week. Read about it in this week's Sunday Drive in the Park Record.
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Sunday Drive: In search of Carole's Peak - Park Record
"There, in a saddle between peaks of the Sessions, was our lady in all her grandeur. Carole leaped from the Jeep and spread her arms wide, embracing the mistress of the Wasatch."
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August 1, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Our quest to reach Carole's Peak came closer last week. Read about it in this week's Sunday Drive in the Park Record.
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This week in Sunday Drive, we take a bike ride to Bunny's! Check it out in the Park Record.
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Sunday Drive: Biking to Bunny's - Park Record
I rolled my Trek 6700 mountain bike onto Main Street in Coalville, the western sky glowing with the last light of the day.
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July 27, 2025 at 2:25 PM
This week in Sunday Drive, we take a bike ride to Bunny's! Check it out in the Park Record.
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The wildflowers are booming! Time to take a hike. Read about it in this week's Sunday Drive in the Park Record.
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Sunday Drive: Rainbow of color on a summer mountain hike - Park Record
The indigo blue lupine were gently swaying in the light morning breeze as we hiked up alongside the Crest Express lift at Brighton. It was one of those weekend days you long for with azure blue skies,...
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July 19, 2025 at 1:54 PM
The wildflowers are booming! Time to take a hike. Read about it in this week's Sunday Drive in the Park Record.
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Climb aboard as we head up to the Golden Spike this week in my Park Record Sunday Drive column.
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Sunday Drive: All aboard for the golden spike - Park Record
Little puffs of smoke drifted skyward from the stack of the brightly painted Jupiter steam locomotive, its red, blue and gold trim gleaming beneath the desert sun. The engineer leaned out of the cab, ...
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July 13, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Climb aboard as we head up to the Golden Spike this week in my Park Record Sunday Drive column.
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Last weekend, we enjoyed a pastoral bike ride on our hometown trails through land we have preserved. Enjoy this week's Sunday Drive in the Park Record.
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Sunday Drive: A pastoral ride through Park City's countryside - Park Record
It was a crisp Sunday morning when we set out onto the McLeod Creek Trail, the air cool and clear. We gazed over at the McPolin Barn, standing majestically — our town’s signature welcome mat and pictu...
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July 4, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Last weekend, we enjoyed a pastoral bike ride on our hometown trails through land we have preserved. Enjoy this week's Sunday Drive in the Park Record.
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A nice Jeep ride to test the new tires. Check it out in this week's Sunday Drive in the Park Record.
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Sunday Drive: When the Jeep tires become rock stars - Park Record
There I was, sitting in my Jeep Rubicon deep in a dense forest somewhere between Daniel’s Pass on U.S. 40 and Wallsburg. I hadn’t seen a soul in hours. Ahead of me lay a mud bog of undeterminable dept...
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June 28, 2025 at 2:25 PM
A nice Jeep ride to test the new tires. Check it out in this week's Sunday Drive in the Park Record.
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This week in Sunday Drive we go radioactive in the Idaho desert. Check it out in the Park Record.
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Sunday Drive: Going radioactive in the Idaho desert - Park Record
Carole and I stared at our ginormous atomic burger from the counter stools at Pickle’s Place in Arco, Idaho, population 879. She wondered how we were going to eat it. I was more concerned if it was ra...
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June 21, 2025 at 3:55 PM
This week in Sunday Drive we go radioactive in the Idaho desert. Check it out in the Park Record.
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What a fun Saturday at the Downtown SLC Farmers Market. Read about bluegrass, ballads, pork, and garlic scapes in this week's Sunday Drive in the @Park Record.
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Sunday Drive: Bluegrass, ballads, pork and garlic scapes - Park Record
It was a quiet Saturday morning around 8:30 a.m. as we sat in The Rose Establishment in Salt Lake City. While enjoying a wonderful herb and cheddar biscuit with apple butter, we mapped out our plan. J...
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June 11, 2025 at 4:52 PM
What a fun Saturday at the Downtown SLC Farmers Market. Read about bluegrass, ballads, pork, and garlic scapes in this week's Sunday Drive in the @Park Record.
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On a hot spring day, head up high to cool off. I found snow and a frozen lake. Read about it in this week's Sunday Drive in the Park Record.
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Sunday Drive: When it's hot, go higher - Park Record
As the temperatures hit 90+ in the valley, the thought of a snowy mountain hike to a frozen lake was becoming more appealing.
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June 9, 2025 at 4:29 AM
On a hot spring day, head up high to cool off. I found snow and a frozen lake. Read about it in this week's Sunday Drive in the Park Record.
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It's waterfall season! Here's a good one in Big Cottonwood Canyon. Read about it in this week's Sunday Drive in the Park Record.
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Sunday Drive: Spring means waterfalls - Park Record
A smile crossed my face last week when I read that the Guardsman gate was open. Now, for the next five months, Park City is easily connected to one of Mother Nature’s greatest wonders: Big Cottonwood ...
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June 2, 2025 at 3:18 AM
It's waterfall season! Here's a good one in Big Cottonwood Canyon. Read about it in this week's Sunday Drive in the Park Record.
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Trolleys and trains on a rainy day -- a visit to the Sandy Museum in this week's Sunday Drive in the Park Record.
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Sunday Drive: Trolleys and trains in historic old Sandy - Park Record
Entering the museum, my eyes were immediately drawn to a painting by Dale Minson of downtown Sandy in 1911. A horse-drawn water tank was calming dust on the dirt streets, while an electric trolley sto...
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May 21, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Trolleys and trains on a rainy day -- a visit to the Sandy Museum in this week's Sunday Drive in the Park Record.
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Just a simple drive from Park City takes us over an old toll road and into the heart of a Fremont Era art gallery in Nine Mile Canyon. Read about it in Sunday Drive in the Park Record.
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Sunday Driver: Driving through generations - Park Record
As we flew along the highway southwest of Myton through the oil and gas rigs dotting the high desert, it wasn’t lost on us what 19th century pioneers endured running supplies to Fort Duchesne on the M...
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May 18, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Just a simple drive from Park City takes us over an old toll road and into the heart of a Fremont Era art gallery in Nine Mile Canyon. Read about it in Sunday Drive in the Park Record.
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I love to spend time up on the Mirror Lake Highway. In this week's Sunday Drive in the Park Record, we spend peaceful time discovering a raging gorge.
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Sunday Drive: The peacefulness of a raging gorge - Park Record
It’s springtime in the mountains. Those dreams of hiking boots on rocky ridgelines … well, they’re still a month away.
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May 7, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I love to spend time up on the Mirror Lake Highway. In this week's Sunday Drive in the Park Record, we spend peaceful time discovering a raging gorge.
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