Salt Lake City, UT

Last night I arranged with Chris to meet up and drive out to Park City, Utah. This is 20 miles east of Salt Lake City, and the site of the 2002 Winter Olympics. We stopped at the Olympic site first and spent over an hour watching people practice on the freestyle and K-20 jumps. We then drove around into Park City, which looked like a great, clean city and a haven for the rich during ski season. Park City is also where the Sundance Film Festival is held each January. We walked around here for a while and had lunch at a local pub. Usually to drink in Utah, you need to become a member of the bar (usually around $5) or have someone sponsor you. For some reason Chris and I weren’t questioned.

Freestyle Jumper @ Olympic Park, Park City, UT

On the way back into Salt Lake City we stopped at the Hard Rock Café to pick up some more pins for Dave and Melissa. We were going to have a drink here as well, but opted against it when membership was bought up.

We went back to the hostel and decided we’d meet up later for a Chinese dinner. I walked up to the library, six blocks up the hill, to check my email. Upon my return, Chris and Alexandra suggested going to a concert in Bringham Young Historic Park. Each Tuesday and Friday in the summer an hour performance is put on for free by a variety of acts. Tonight it was Julie se Azevedo – a local celebrity – who plays original songs on a guitar and piano. We sat in the park, enjoying the setting sun, listening to the very personal songs and generally relaxing.

That finished at eight and we walked up to Pagoda Chinese restaurant, with another addition, Jean-Paul, a Swiss guy we met in the park. I had a great Chicken Chow Mien dinner.

After dinner I called Amy and spoke for an hour.

On the way home I was going to stop at the house with the massive US flag to take a picture, but to my disappointment someone had stolen the flag (Losers!).