Captain’s Log: day 13

Salt Lake City

We woke up to find out the National forest that we had pulled into late the night before was GORGEOUS. There were snow toped mountains in the distance and steady rolling green hills everywhere with rivers running through them. Very different than the Moab region of Utah had been. The green really surprised us. We cooked a nice big breakfast and left to drop the boys off at the airport. We said our goodbyes to Alex and Andrew and Chris, Sean and I went to run errands. We had a list of “to do’s” today and a lot of work needed to be done for Chile by all 3 of us. So it was laundry, shopping, internet, getting the oil changed on the bus (which proved to be an adventure all in its self), and had to find a place to stay. Made for a fun day in Salt Lake, the city is beautiful. Surrounded on all sides by snow capped mountains, everyone there mountain bikes in summer and skis/snowboards in winter. A couple past GT grads who were involved in ORGT live just outside of the city in Park Slope and invited us to stay with them.

1st off David & Sarah live in the most beautiful area. They are like 5 min from the ski lifts up in the mountains. There house was amazing. As they gave us the tour we got to see their mountain bike room, their ski/board room, their recycling room, their hot tub, the huge marble kitchen surrounded by windows we got the feeling they were enjoying post-tech life out here in Utah. It was great to meet the 2 of them, they were so hospitable. We went out to a local pub to have bison burgers and beer and a good time. We came back and got to play our new board game - Settlers of Catan. The 3 of us know and love the game, it was new for David and Sarah. Gosh i love that game. It was great to have a night in a house, on a bed, and with a shower. Thanks guys.