Blogs from Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, North America - page 15

Starting out at 7:00 am we made tracks for Utah. The Bridger Teton National Forrest gave way to rolling hills and beautiful countryside as we made our way to Salt Lake. This seemingly endless drive through ranch land sporting llama and deer farms was interesting, yet timeless. These small-town communities sprouting out of the plains are a testament to the hardiness of Americans. Arriving in Salt Lake City was a shock to the body. It was 44 degrees in Jackson Hole when we left and 104 degrees in Salt Lake when we arrived around 1:30 pm. The helpful KOA staff assisted us in securing directions to the nearest transmission specialist. The Chrysler dealer was unfriendly and unwilling to help but we found quite the opposite reception when calling Aamco. Since we had to tow the vehicle ... read more

First of all I feel the need to apologize to the entire state of Utah for my low expectations I had coming into it. Admittedly, the first 50 miles or so coming out of Nevada didn’t look too encouraging. Barren salt flats that would make even the bravest pioneer have to question what the heck he was trying to discover on the other side. I think I would have just turned around. So after a full day’s drive we made it into Salt Lake City around 9 o’clock Wed and found a place where we could park the RV for the night until we could get a better chance to explore the city in the daylight. A good friend Dyylyn (aka Bryant Strain) found us and hung out for a while and we had a good ... read more

Two exciting days at Utah deserts brought a craving for more of it inside us! However, we had an evening flight back to the Bay Area from Salt Lake City on Monday. We reached Salt Lake City on Monday morning around 2:15 am and stayed at Metropolitan Inn in the downtown. We checked-in and crashed to the beds. To our great surprise, they had “tempurpedic” mattresses! It was so comfortable! Not to mention, we over slept the next morning and woke up just half an hour before the check-out time! We called the front desk and requested one hour extension for check-out! We found an Indian restaurant nearby. When we reached there, we found out that it was closed due to the long weekend. Luckily, we found an Indo-Nepali restaurant “Himalayan Kitchen” next to it! They ... read more

Natalie and I arrived into Salt Lake City Tuesday evening. We stayed with my friend Ann at her apartment and she was gracious enough to let us borrow her car for the week. Unfortunately, we had an accident as, I was backing out of her garage. I did not realize how tight her garage was and hit the side mirror backing out of the garage. Already off to a great start we stopped at See n Ski for Natalie’s rental gear and discount lift tickets for the resorts. As, we drove up to Park City the snow was falling, which caused the drive to be slower. We also had to avoid the semis, which stopped in the middle of the interstate to put on chains. We arrived at Deer Valley and pulled up to the base ... read more

Whew. Made it to Salt Lake City. Bill, Tanya and Kaelee drove me through icy roads to SLC. The ride was fun - music was bizarre (Zorn/Firsell/Lewis), and accidents were plentiful. Found a jeep on the side of the road that had spun out of control... headlights facing the wrong way and all. Had a mac and cheese with Wendy and Hot Chocolate with Becky P. It's now 1:11am - we leave for the airport in 4 hours, flight in 6 hours. I'd better get what sleep I can - if I don't I will probably be sick tomorrow. Wish me luck!... read more