Leaving the rainstorms of Denver behind, we headed to Salt Lake city, Utah.
The Amtrack ride was fantastic, with mountainous views and a funny commentator guy who informed us which canyons we were passing through and pointed out things such a little hermit's house... I could happily live up there one day!
Salt Lake City, the land where Mormons rule 70% of the population.
We arrived late into Salt Lake City, where we got a taxi to Park City. We stayed with my friend Lindsay's brother, who lives up there skiing and rock climbing! So... when I said we wanted to maybe do some hiking and exercise as we'd been cooped up in Denver, we did not expect what we got... a weekend of rock climbing in the mountains next to the snow peaks, hiking through valleys and up to natural hot springs, and making the most of his hot tub.
The Sunday we walked up to these pools of steaming water which have been carved out of the rock and the water directed from the mountain by a pipe, right next to a huge (freezing) waterfall. It was spectacular, and felt like a world completely detached from any stresses of travelling, studying, home, even each other. Walking down we were just in a bit of a daze.
We got an overnight bus out of Utah to California.... cheap, but 15 hours later we were ready to leave some of those people behind. The only guy who didn't leer at us for being 3 English girls, who Faye ended up sitting by, said " I'm not weird, I'm just cheap!" Says it all really. He was nice. Everyone else. . . well, we tried not to speak to one another too loudly and left all our stuff securely in bags, and the more important stuff sat on whilst we slept... it was worth it for San Fran though, one of mine and Jodie's favorite places.
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