The 7th State... UTAH

Utah is the 7th state of my road trip (14th since I left England). I left Terry's house earlyish this morning and headed out to Utah. It was a slow start, the scenery was beautiful and I kept stopping everywhere to get out of the car and look at the scenery. There was a lot of road works on I-70, so I got off and took a more scenic route


Once I got into Utah, there were really long stetches of nothing and I didn't get any service. Of course my car chose that precise moment to break down... So there I was in the middle of nowhere with a broken car and no cel service. It was 50 miles to the next gas station so I figured I should hitch a ride. The next veHicle I saw was a lorry, I raised my hand to flag it down, but luckily I remembered first what Jeremy Clarkson said about truck drivers and thought better of it...


Just kidding about that one. I did see my homie, mon mec, mi tio, mein kumpel(yes southbank taught me how to say "my homie in four languages") Jose. I picked him up and told him about the skiing trip we have planned for the xmas break. He is uber stoked - Thanks Mom! It was interesting to learn he is really an assasin - half navaho half lebanese half haitian - disguised as a mexican hitchhiker. I discovered this because I was fiddling around with the languages on my sat nav and he was able to understand the arabic very well. It made me suspicious....

I got to Salt Lake City around 7ish and checked into a hotel in Midvale, in the south part of SLC. I was pretty lucky as it was right by their version of the tube. After checking in, I got on and found my way down town pretty easily. I walked around for a few hours and definitely managed to find all of the hills. I also went to Temple Square. They are definitely not lacking any fountains. SLC isn't exactly what I expected - I guess I thought it was much smaller. The temple is beautiful, it makes me want to convert. I wouldn't do that though until women were allowed to have more than one husband.. then they can have me.

Once the crazies started coming out, I figured it was time to go back to the hotel. It's right next to a yummy mexican place. I just got back at 2315. I think I am going to head to Reno tomorrow, but might get a slightly later start.