Salt Lake City Memories

Some pictures from last week's trip to Salt Lake City, Utah.

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Day 6 - Salt Lake City

On my way home. I'm at the Cincinnati Airport waiting for my connection, which appears to have left on time and should arrive here shortly. I've done all my reading and work-related stuff, so am now sitting here bored. At least I have tons of cat and dog hair to pick off my fleece jacket. It is just full of the stuff. Well, guess I'll go wander around the terminal for another hour or so. Bye for now.

My flight left Cincinnati on time and I got home to Milwaukee at 5 pm. I read all my mail, downloaded my travel photos and did a load of wash. Then I went to Flannery's for dinner and then right to bed.

Here are the sources of all that fur I was talking about. We have the dogs--Dakota and Kula--and the cats--Sapphire, Blitzen and Carmel. Both times when I went to my room and turned on the lights, this is what greeted me. I'm still coughing up fur balls today.

Day 5 -Salt Lake City

It was a nice day. We drove 20 miles out to Park City and walked around town, did some shopping, took some pictures and stopped for a beer at a local tavern. Very nice old ski town. We then drove back towards Salt Lake City and stopped at two ski resorts. One was Brighton. The drive up there was very pretty with all the mountains and snow, much like the drive to Park City. The other was Solitude . We would have stopped in Alta and Snowbird but I had a senior moment and left my fanny pack containing my cell phone and PDA hanging on the chair back at that bar in Park City, so had to drive back to Park City to pick it up. Fortunately I bought the beer and onion ring appetizer with my credit card, so I had the phone number of the tavern we stopped at on the receipt. Sure enough, they had my stuff. Fortunately we were relatively close by. I also had both devices locked, so no one could have used them with out punching in a PIN number. We got back to Salt Lake City at 4:30 pm. I played Gin with my niece while my brother put up the Christmas tree and his wife made dinner. I've basically been doing stuff I never do at home-even though it's just staying at someone else's house. I leave for Milwaukee tomorrow morning at 8:30 am, but I have a long layover in Cincinatti, so won't be home till 5 pm. It's too bad that when you use frequent flyer miles, they don't treat you as well as when you're a fare-paying passenger. That means you get a seat in the middle of a row back by the engines and near the bathroom.

Picture: Park City, Utah

Day 4 - Salt Lake City - Sightseeing Day

We went to downtown Salt Lake City to tour the Mormon church grounds (center of photo with the oblong Tabernacle in the middle), have lunch at the Hard Rock Cafe and shop for a while. It wasn't too bad for Black Monday. We then went home where I taught my 12-year-old niece how to play gin, followed by another marathon session of 4-player Hearts. No surprises like yesterday when I "shot the moon" and got all the points. Off to bed.

Day 3 - Salt Lake City - Thanksgiving

It was a pretty normal Thanksgiving with all the turkey and trimmings. It was another nice day. Didn't do much today. We sat around most of the day, had dinner, played Hearts and Uno Attack again like yesterday, then watch the Disney movie "Cars," which was quite entertaining. Then it was off to bed. Oh, I also bought a new laptop from Dell, something I've postponed for months. Should come next week.

Day 2 - Salt Lake City - Sightseeing Day

Another very nice weather day here. I slept well for a change despite having a few cats and a dog sharing my bed all night. This morning, my brother and I went to Antelope Island State Park to hike some trails, see Great Salt Lake, American bison and some phenomenal scenery up close and personal. We then went to Bingham Canyon Mine to see a large copper mining pit. Then went to the liquor store again (what a mob scene). Tonight we'll stay in and watch a movie or something. Very relaxing.

Day 1- Salt Lake City - Here in Mormon Country

I arrived on time this morning at 10:30 AM on a direct flight from Milwaukee to Salt Lake City. It's very mountainous, which was expected since I'm up in the Rockies. My brother picked me up at the airport and went home to watch TV and take a much needed nap. Then we went with my niece to see her horse, stopped at Home Depot and then came home. Will do some traveling around tomorrow.

Going to Salt Lake City Tomorrow

I'm off the rest of the week and going to Salt Lake City to visit my younger brother and his family for Thanksgiving. He'll be off so maybe we can cruise around the surrounding area and take in the scenery. I'd like to go to Park City about 36 miles away as well, poke around Salt Lake City itself and go to Promontory Summit where the rail road from the west coast and the railroad from the east coast (Transcontinental Railroad) met in 1869. More tomorrow. Have to get to bed.