Blogs from Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, North America

What to say about Utah? Lots. But before we get to that, let me tell you how we got here. I realized early on that if I was going to plan this trip, it was going to be a lot more fun if I invited someone along. And I also realized that I was going to be spending basically the same amount of money while I was here, whether I was alone or with someone else. Because hotels and rental cars don’t care if it’s just one person using their service, or two. The only thing that would take extra money was the flight out to Salt Lake City, and once I found cheap flights, it was pretty easy to ask someone to come along. Enter my friend Nick. His only task was to get us ... read more

THE DANITES The Danites were a fraternal organization based upon principals of good fellowship among the members of the Mormon Church. They got underway on June 4, 1838 in Farr West, Clay County, Missouri in response to some church dissenters who were accusing church leadership of financial improprieties. The church leaders imposed a rule of consecration upon all members of the church. All members of the church were required to turn over all of their wealth and property to the church. The church would invest in farmland and then members of the church who could not afford to buy land could slowly purchase their farms from the church. It was pure communism and the dissenters did not like it. Sidney Rigdon was one of the church leaders and he delivered a sermon called the Salt Sermon ... read more

August 5, 2017 Weather: 92 and sunny Hours Driving: 4 hours 49 minutes States Drive Thru: Idaho and Utah Miles: 341 Restaurants: Rumbi Movies: Lion Games: Books: Dunkirk (Matt) Hotel: Fairfield Inn Portland South Marriott I have to say that we really enjoyed Boise Idaho. We thought it was going to be a drive thru, check it off the list destination but we really liked it and wished we might have stayed another night. This morning we grabbed breakfast at the hotel and headed to camel's back for a hike up to see the city from a different vantage point. You should have seen this park. It was green and happy with lots of people playing soccer, playing on the playground, doing yoga, riding bikes in some sort of bike club, working out in this cool ... read more

Today we drove from Mesa Verde NP to Salt Lake City, with a stop in Moab to visit Arches National Park. We drove 372 miles today. The best part about the drive was going through Arches NP. The worst part about the drive was the heat. When we arrived at Arches National Park, the first thing we did was hike the Delicate Arch Trail. Omg! It was an intense hike. The heat, the altitude gain! Two and a half hours! We were exhausted but it was totally worth it! We left Moab for Salt Lake City and had dinner at the Red Iguana. We're looking forward to tomorrow when we depart for Oakland. ... read more

Well I am really cranky now. After spending the best part of an hour telling you all about where we have been and what we have been doing, the internet at our Salt Lake City hotel decided to kick me off before I had a chance to auto save my blog. I HATE computers sometimes (isn't that right Cathie Dill??) and I really don't have the energy to write it all back down again so I'm giving you an abbreviated version this time. Sorry. 2 full days in Las Vegas. WOW WOW WOW. Nathan Burton magic show = fantastic. Legends in Concert show with impersonators doing Elvis, Janis Joplin, Marilyn Monroe and Michael Jackson = brilliant. Huge Bellagio fountain show with flame throwers and fireworks as they were filming a new video for a song by ... read more