Driving into Salt Lake City
We arrived into Salt Lake City in time for dinner with Gabi. It was great to catch up with her over a delicious dinner at the artsy, witty and environmentally conscience Squatters Brewery, which pleased us all. [See our posting on http://thefreshdish.wordpress.com for photos and more on Squatters].
Yum! Squatters is a delicious and eco-friendly establishment!
On Friday we biked downtown to get a free tour of the LDS Mormon Temple square and tabernacle. The two of us were lucky enough to have two “sisters” as our own guides through the visitor center and chapel. One sister is from Sacramento and the other is from England. We took advantage of their special attention and got many of our questions answered. We learned of the three main differences between the LDS church and other sects of Christianity, but we can only remember one of them now: 1) Mormon prophets are living on Earth now.
We also learned that after you die your given the chance to convert so you can go to heaven. I sure am relieved! Just in case they right, everyone else still gets in that didn’t convert while alive. Phew! What a safety net! Syrah’s favorite part of the tour was the bounty of flowers all over the beautifully kept grounds within Temple Square.
Inside the Mormon visitors center
A view of the Mormon Temple
Pretty flowers in the gardens at Temple Square
Andy Walter joined us for dinner on Friday night at Gabi’s where we enjoyed here amazing sausage-and-red-pepper-pasta, salad, wine and, thanks to Andy, various cheeses and Crumb Brother’s bread from a local market. Yum!
We had an epic skiing adventure at Alta on Saturday! Coming from Louisiana, we weren’t prepared for skiing at all. Andy and Gabi took care of us, outfitting us, helping us with gear, etc. Luckily it was Spring Festival and Demo Day. Between the four of us, we enjoyed demo-ing Volkyl, Roxy, Icelandic, Blizzzard, and Line brand skis. Some were better than others. Syrah noticed that she “felt totally out of the skiing scene”-recognizing neither the size or shape of the skis nor the plastic credit-card shaped lift tickets. She still remembered how to ski however.
It stormed in the middle of the day and Collins Lift was closed due to Lightning at the 10,000 foot summit. We waited out the storm in the classic “Gold Miners Daughter” Bar, then skiied sicky-poo-pow off the Yellow Trail until our legs felt like they didnt work anymore! See the video below of Syrah skiing on our last run of the day (trail unknown).
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