So after our Utah road trip this past weekend I'm back to the daily grind. Our adventure started at 4:30 am March 12th as we left for Sandy, Utah. After hours of driving we made it to Zion National Park - the 1st stop on our tour de Utah.
How do I describe the site - it was like the Grand Canyon from a different perspective. If you've been to the Grand Canyon then you know you're at the top looking thousands of feet down. Well at Zion and Kolob Canyon (the parks we did visit) you're looking from the bottom up. It's a beautiful place with stunning rock formations that make you feel infantesimally small.
After taking lots of pictures we continued 15 north until we reached the Sandy Residence Inn. After a full night of rest we headed out to Snowbird Ski Resort for a full day of snowboarding. It's a wonderful little resort nestled in Little Cottonwood Canyon that requires little mountain driving to reach. I suffered a major wipeout which included some head over feet tumbling and I think my arm was pinned behind my back and drug underneath me. Needless to say there was crying and pain involved...but I sucked it up and continued on for the rest of the day. The next couple of days weren't so fun as showering, changing and life in general wasn't as manageable but I'm happy to report I'm mostly functional though I sometimes have to push/pull my arm into the position I want.
We wrapped up our 2nd day (March 13th) in Utah by taking the dogs to Mill Creek Canyon for a hike in dog friendly territory and then dining at Red River Steakhouse.
March 14th we drove out to Antelope Island for bison hunting (not literally) and to view the great Salt Lake. We did see plenty of Bison and it was like a scene out of national geographic - very worth the trip. For those of you who don't know the lake is so salty is supports no life forms other than brine shrimp!
After wrapping up at the island we headed to Temple Square to view the historic Mormon site. Dogs are not allowed on the property unless carried and theres no way we were walking around carrying a 30lb dog. So Elmond went in first and I took my turn. Unfortunately for me I was accosted by a couple Latter day saints who wanted to get me on a tour...come to church the following morning, or listen to the visiting orchestra that night. Thankfully I was able to meet Elmond at the opposite gate and book on outta there!!!!
That night we drove out to Park City - visited the site of the 2002 Utah Olympics and drive through the main town center where they hold the sundance film festival.
Sunday March 15th we visited BYU and Kolob Canyon. Salt Lake City is pretty much deserted on Sundays since no business transactions can take place - by law. We saw all the Latter Day Saints going to church carrying the Book of Mormon in a bible purse...quite an interesting scene.
Then we made our way to Vegas for rest and back to Cali on Monday March 16th. I'll be posting pictures later this week.
Oh by the way - somewhere along the way I finished reading Keeping Faith by Jodi Picoult and completely lost my voice....even now I sound like some sort of monster.
Interested in the book Keeping Faith - http://www.jodipicoult.com/keeping-faith.html
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