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Summer Utah Trip, wrapup (finally!)

by HML

Temple Square at sunset, Salt Lake City, UtahWe usually spend our time in Cache Valley enjoying having nothing to do, but this time we had a couple of appointments to keep. The original plan was to find a nice restaurant in downtown Salt Lake, preferably near the Radisson, and The Roof Restaurant adjacent to Temple Square seemed like the perfect choice. Perfection was short-lived, however, when the restaurant’s web site revealed that we would be paying $32 per person … for a buffet (snobbish shudder). We decided to stick with a classic favorite, Maddox. At Maddox we enjoyed a locally raised and grown meal, including their heavenly raspberry honey-buttered rolls and in-season sweet corn on the cob (swoon!) and our total bill came to just under what we would have paid for one person at The Roof.

Okay, now I’m hungry again.

We made it to Salt Lake City with just enough time for a short walk before the movie screening. Not quite enough time to wander through Temple Square, but the buildings looked lovely in the sunset. This evening’s screening was very sparsely attended, and at the end the screenplay competition winners were announced, as detailed in an earlier entry.

The rest of the holiday passed with something for everyone: Saturday the cousins had a great time playing mosquito-free at the community pool, Thing Two learned how to climb stairs (he can go down, too, but it’s not a pretty sight), and Sunday night I got food poisoning. Monday I’m assuming everyone amused themselves, and Tuesday we made the thirteen-hour drive (not sixteen this time, thank goodness!) back home.

We had intended to follow up the trip with a weekend on the coast, but The Gimlet had other ideas and that excursion has been postponed indefinitely.



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2 Responses to “Summer Utah Trip, wrapup (finally!)”

  1. The Gimlet
    August 31st, 2006 11:25
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    Is it essential to blame the Gimlet? It was more of a budget issue. Oh well, I guess I will take the lumps.

  2. HML
    August 31st, 2006 13:41
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    Oh, you got off easy, mister. And as long as we get to go some time before the weather turns nasty, the tone of the blog will remain pro-Gimlet. :D