5/22-5/29
After spending a couple days taking care of repairs, I decided to do a bit of exploring in the SLC area. In addition to SLC being an awesome town, I knew that Memorial Day would be way too busy at a National Park, so I figured it would be better to do local things and get to know the city. I spent two days camped out on Stansbury Island, which isn’t so much an island as a peninsula jutting into the Salt Lake. While the sunsets were beautiful there, the days were exceptionally hot and there were a ton of mosquitos and other bitey bugs around. I spent most of that time reading inside the van.
The next couple of days I spent hanging out in coffee shops and the public library, doing more reading and catching up on some work. This made for a nice change of pace from the great outdoors. Highlights of these two days were:
- AC - what an amazing invention!
- Not having to put on sunscreen
- Library - need I say more?
I also checked out Red Iguana Mexican Restaurant and sampled a panoply of moles.
I wrapped up my time in SLC with a sunset hike up Bell Canyon to the waterfall. The views of the city and the sunset were breathtaking from the waterfall and the reservoir about halfway up. It’s pretty amazing that this hike and the rest of the Wasatch Front are so accessible to SLC.
