Salt Lake City

Yet again we had an amazing train run. I wonder how long you need to be here before you get bored of the sights from the vestibule.



We were parked in three cuts not far from the building at all which is great as it meant you could walk to downtown. Though being close to civilisation is good in some ways it is not so great in others and one night loads of people had their bicycles stolen. It is slightly unnerving knowing they must have been going up and down the train right under everyone's noses in the dead of night.

On the day the show opened there was a parade around town which seemed to be well received and it 'looked' like everyone had fun, there were even motorcycle police with clown noses getting in the spirit.




Right opposite the building (Energy Solutions Arena) was the Gateway, an open air mall. It definitely had more going for it than the usual mall.
There was The Discovery Children's Museum that the school went to on a field trip. It was great that Willow got to go with other children that she could play with instead of just being stuck with me, which is the norm for us in these places. Willows favourite bit was building parachutes.
The Clark Planetarium was at the entrance to the Gateway and included an IMAX Theatre and Dome. There was also lots of free exhibits which were really good, especially as Willow is quite into astronomy at the moment. She especially liked Newtons Daydream, we have seen lots of sculptures like this one at various museums but this one was the best so far.



One thing you can not miss in Salt Lake City is the Mormon influence everywhere including the attendance to the Sunday performances of the circus. There seem to be dozens of magnificent building's which usually turn out to be temples, churches or cathedrals . Now we have left I wish we had visited a few more. We did go to Temple square which seemed to house quite a lot in its 35 acres. Along with all these 'old' buildings there also seemed to be a lot of construction going on.



I liked this part of America but it doesn't like me much and the altitude affected me quite bad, with so many nose bleeds I lost count and a permanent fuzzy head. I have been told the next couple of weeks will be no better in Denver. So even though I like it here I'm looking forward to getting to a lower altitude.

And what has happened to the weather, I thought we were heading into Autumn but it seems like Summer is reluctant to let go as it has been pretty hot again.