Hilton Garden Inn Salt Lake City/Sandy

So ha. Some of you have chided us for the dangers of picking up strangers, yet now it is us who may teach you a lesson. Nathan, the friendly stranger, needed a ride to Joe's Valley to go meet some climbing friends of his who knew a bit more about the area. Well, when Saturday morning comes around, Nathan and his friends show up at our campsite with their jeep and invite us along to a place called New Joe's ...

... note for "DOMENY". It said our room number and "Please us eonly one bed since you booked for one queen." The room had two doubles. Weird.<br><br>The trip TO Utah was cool, though. We drove through the Mojave desert. We drove down the Vegas Strip and decided we don't need to return. We crossed the borders of 4 states.<br><br>It begins.

... bus kept on stopping at Alhambra and other places before the man behind the wheel asked all of us to get out of the bus for a transfer. ****! Okay? So I had to go to the restroom, but we ended up going to one that really sucked. No toilet paper, the floors were wet, plus the bathroom line was long for BOTH males and females, which indicated that the restroom is only for men AND women. That was great! &gt;_&lt; <br><br>At least the bus we went to was ...

the 75 miles from Provo to Price are very beautiful I would imagine on a nicer day with better road conditions. Hwy 6 is under construction most of the way. We got up early to try to aviod some of the traffic. That ment 5am breakfast and 6:15 on the road. Unlike Florida the wind is up early and we had to go through a canyon that has a wind farm in it and of course the ...

So i went and rode ATV's in the sand dunes of Utah, a place called little sahara, about an hour and a half from salt lake or so, professionals go here, and this was my first time going to go ride in sand... it was crazy!! had a blast though, and i did well for my first time, at least i think so... I edited and made a cool movie out of the video's i took, so enjoy the videos and photos!

On my way to Bryce I drove through the Zion NP, it was even more touching than my destination. The red rocks, the rock window, simply touching. I also bought one piece of Navajo pottery. It is now with me in my living room, reminding me the savage landscape and romantic curving road.

... have mostlt lazy days, due to the heat, and then go out late afternoon, so we've spent a lot of time in the water cooling off. There's also a fantastic spa and another big outdoor pool area, where the kids have been loving the spring board over the 12 foot deep diving pool. None of them have ever been off a diving board before, let alone a spring board. Tegs took to it quite easily, but stuck to simple jumps off. Io took to it like a duck to ...

... 3 hours. We expected them every minute, so we just sat there relaxed and waited. We didn't dare to go for a snack, since I wanted to invite them or cook for them. By 20h00 they had not returned yet, so I decided to go shopping for food and just cook them a meal. Till now, nobody was very angry that I cooked for them. ;)

... it gets really hot in Utah) but the though of having a mile of water below me was more than a bit scary. Didn't swim out too far to be honest. We were staying at a ranch called Pariah Ranch, more commonly known as Easton's. Easton was a trek america tour leader for years until about 1990 when he set up a ranch with his partner in the middle of Utah and hence the middle of nowhere. But it's a nice enough place! We ...

... to have for myself and to put my life in perspective. <br><br> The beginning of it all: Lovely Price, Utah. If asked to describe Price in one word it would probably be podunk. Surprisingly there is a fairly decent wikitravel article about it.<br><br>In 4th grade I met probably the most influential person in my life thus far. His name was John Goddard. He made a list of all the goals he wanted to accomplish in life and actually spent ...