My wife’s family left California during the last millennium for Colorado. I endured years of family visits to Denver with weird beer laws like no beer sales in supermarkets or alcohol sales in stores on Sunday. Over time the laws in Colorado changed. These days Colorado stores even sell marijuana on Sundays. Utah still has…
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Making TRAX around #SLC
Some common misconceptions held by those of us who have never visited Salt Lake City, Utah are nearly all people in SLC are Mormons, you can’t buy alcohol and Utah voters will once again vote 73% for Romney as President 2016. While I can’t predict the future election results, the first two assumptions are not…
Courtyard Salt Lake City Downtown free stay during $400 rates at category 3 hotel
Courtyard by Marriott Salt Lake City Downtown was moving on up the hotel market segment after three nights in Country Inn & Suites West Valley City. The Courtyard hotel downtown location is a convenient location, one block walk to the light rail UTA TRAX Courthouse Station on the green line with direct service to SLC…
Salt Lake City mountain vistas
Two of the past three winter days in Salt Lake City offered blue skies and January temperatures in the 40s for comfortable walking around the city. Salt Lake City is located in a valley between two high mountain ranges with the Wasatch Mountains to the east and the Oquirrh Mountains to the west. Both of…
Country Inn & Suites West Valley City Fire False Alarms
One of the most frightening events a hotel guest can experience is a fire alarm waking you from a deep sleep. From what I overheard from guests and later confirmed by a hotel employee is the fire alarm sounding at Country Inn & Suites West Valley City, Utah has been a regular occurrence this past…
A Pagan in Temple Square
Temple Square is the site of Salt Lake Temple, where Brigham Young through divine inspiration designated the construction of a temple four days after arriving at Salt Lake from Nauvoo, Illinois. Salt Lake Temple is a beautiful piece of architecture built by Mormon pioneers over 40 years from 1853 and 1893. Arriving at Temple Square…
Alaska Airlines economy flights, Club Carlson midscale hotel and Salt Lake City domestic tranquility
Today I will fly from San Francisco to Salt Lake City on a $49 one-way Alaska Airlines flight and check into a Club Carlson hotel for three nights to earn my first 30,000 bonus points. Actually, 40,000 bonus points since I registered for the Club Carlson promotion by January 12. I’ll fly home mid-week for…
Alaska Airlines $96 fare SFO-SLC, Me and the Sundance Kids
Alaska Airlines has a sale going on right now. One of the best deals in the sale is San Francisco and Salt Lake City at $49 each way. There are some low fares to Hawaii too. Fare Rules: Purchase by 11:59 pm (PT) on January 6, 2015. Hawaii travel is valid from January 13, 2015,…
Salt Lake City smoggier than Los Angeles
Salt Lake City and the Utah Valley are surrounded by mountain ranges with peaks over 11,000 feet. Too bad the mountains are not clearly visible from a distance of more than a few miles. The air was so hazy and brown today that I was compelled to locate some air quality information to determine if…