Tuesday, April 5, 2011

The Top of the Earth

Hello everyone!  Greetings from Salt Lake City, UT.  I'm staying here with my friend Cari and her boyfriend Ryan.  My last days in Fort Collins were a blast.  Having stayed in Colorado for as long as I did, I was able to meet a lot of people and see a lot of great things.  But every good stop leads to another.  And this is no different.

I drove through Wyoming most of the morning and afternoon to get here.  There's not much to see off of I-80 (except a few oil refineries).  But as you get closer to Salt Lake City, the mountains appear and the view becomes absolutely breathtaking.  Without a doubt, one of the most naturally beautiful cities I've ever visited.  The warm, grassy city in the valley is completely surrounded by ginormous snow-capped mountains.  Where Cari lives, you have a great view of Salt Lake City and she's only a short drive from all the ski resorts.

After stuffing our faces at the Cheesecake Factory, Cari and I decided to take it easy, watch a movie and go to bed relatively early.  That put us in great moods to go skiing at Snowbird today.  Snowbird is a huge resort only fifteen minutes away.  We went in the afternoon to save a few dollars and get an afternoon pass.  Without going into extreme detail of the riding I'll say that although the conditions were not 'perfect' I couldn't ask for anything better on my first ski trip out west.  The views were spectacular, the slopes were excellent (snow conditions could have been better) and the lodge/spa afterward was a delightful treat.

We just made it back to the house and deciding what we want to do tonight.  Perhaps the movies.  We'll see I suppose.  Give me a little time and I'll upload some photos I took earlier and post them for you to see.  I hope you are well wherever you are reading this.  Best.

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