November 21-26: Salt Lake City

We had a good time in Salt Lake. Kate and I had rented a small 1-bedroom condo two blocks from the LDS Temple and Temple Square. Photos below are of the condo building and the view to Temple Square from the sidewalk in front.

Kate had ordered a complete pre-cooked Thanksgiving dinner from Whole Foods, including an 8 pound turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, gravy, cranberry sauce, green beans, and rolls. We picked that package up Thursday morning and Jonathan came from his apartment and joined us at our condo while we heated everything up. We had a nice dinner together in mi-afternoon.

We took a brief car ride out to see the Great Salt Lake. Jonathan had been out to see it earlier this year. Doug had last seen it in 1966. Kate had not seen it before. We arrived at a marina (!) a little before sunset. The sun was shining on the Wasatch Mountains to the east and they were covered in snow from the previous night.

Kate flew back to New Hampshire the next morning. Jonathan was working his shifts at the By Leaf Cafe on Main Street in the heart of the city.

Friday night I was going to help Jonathan move some of his stuff from one location to another, but that didn't work out. We decided to see if we could get tickets to the Utah Jazz-LA Lakers NBA game. The game started at 7:00pm at the arena two blocks from the condo. We walked over, getting there about 7:15 and found a scalper who sold us 2 tickets for $10 each. By the time we got to our seats in the upper level of the arena, the Jazz were behind by about 15 points. It was the very beginning of the 2nd quarter. The Jazz soon came back, however, and won the game 102-96. The arena was packed and the crowd loved it!  So did we.

After the game, about 10:00pm, we went to the Bay Leaf Cafe and had dinner.