Day 76-78 ….Salt Lake City is a different town to stay in. My first evening was at a hotel downtown. Pretty uneventful except for dinner. SLC happens have a Mellow Mushroom Pizza place in town. I ran across this place a few different time throughout the US. Pizza is always good but the topping game is usually lacking. Well This Mellow Mushroom was way way different. They actually put a ton of toppings on the pie. Not what I expected but it was great find.
Next thing to do was have the bicycle repaired in town. Since the blowout heading into Heber, UT I was in need of a new tire and oil change in the Rolhoff hub. Calling around the first evening to find some that could order in the parts and work on the bike quickly was a challenge. Guthrie Bicycle happen to be a shop that could a accomplish the task. Plan was to have the parts in Wednesday, drop off the bike and get repairs completed ASAP.
The next morning I figured on heading to REI to grab dinners and some other supplies going forward. My tire was so worn out that I started getting flats right away heading to REI. Not good. Since REI was another 4 miles and the bike shop was only 1.4 miles away it was time to drop off the bike early and walk the rest of the day.
I had rented an AirBNB for the rest of my time in SLC. Luckily I was able to drop off my bags and gear at the place so I could actually do something the rest of the day. Since I have been to SLC more than once there wasn’t much new to visit. Plus not having a vehicle of any type traveling much in the city gets expensive quickly (Uber).
Once I was able to settle in to the AirBNB I happen to meet Sonny on the morning. He was a college student on a summer adventure around country by Amtrak. We spent a few hours in the morning chatting and swapping stories about life. It was great to meet someone new and have a long conversation. It had been a while since I met someone and had such a long conversation. It made my day to meet and chat with him.
On my last morning I met Sheri. She happen to be in SLC for a ALS conference. What an awesome woman to meet. We started chatting in the kitchen and seem to continue for a hour or more. All while she was trying to get off to the conference. But the conversations went so well she had trouble leaving and kept talking. Cool thing is she is from San Francisco. My Plan is to get in contact with her while over there and meet up again.
Heading out of SLC on Thursday I stopped to take a few pics that some would not expect. As you head out-of-town the fields, road edges, etc is covered in salt. The first pic is of the Morton Salt plant harvesting salt from the beds. The second is a random field that is totally covered. The last two pictures are of the famous Bonneville Salt Flats.
