UNTIL NEXT TIME - IN MY $3M MOBILE HOME

Until next time.  Don't know where, don't know when, but thanks for reading this autumn's blog.  

• Despite me spending hours of vacation time trying to compose a scintillating blog that would eventually go viral and bring in tons of advertising to make my fortune, the most popular item seems to have been the Schitt family story!  Says something about our friends!
• Did you spot Queen Victoria?  (Try Bryce pages)
• These are some of our wildlife encounters.  Spot the odd one out.

Thanks, as ever, to my driver and chief planner, Graham - another ace trip.  And to our three additional adventurers - Allan, Sue and Roy - not forgetting Kalani.

BUT NEXT TIME I AM TRAVELLING IN THIS - 

see here for details.  

Contributions to $3m fund gratefully accepted.

RIB ROY

We first met Roy and Kalani the dog, four years ago whilst visiting Allan and Sue in Washington DC, when we had a brilliant meal of the best ribs ever, with Roy barbecuing outside in well below freezing.  For ever after, he has been known to us as Rib Roy - can't think why.  He then moved and earlier this year invited us all over to his new house in Utah and organised our train trip in Durango, as part of our joint ten days together.  So, on our last night we had a repeat treat of ribs and more of his excellent wine from his excellent wine cellar.

Ribs 

These are some piccies of the preparation of the five star ribs.  Tried to do a collage but Mr. Google has his own ideas on the sort, whereas I took photos in chronological order but he muddled them all up.  So storyline below starting with the spice mix and finishing with the chewed remains!!!

And if you want a go yourself, the recipe is below.  Might want to reduce the fiery bits for a milder hit!   Make a quantity and freeze in portions.  See here
Enjoy.

House

Roy moved to Park City last year to his own designed house.  A marvel of electronic wizardry, verandas with mountain views, hot tub with fountains, gorgeous floors and finishes and the ultimate wine cellar.  In the photos, Graham is pondering which bottle to sample next!!

A beautiful home and we are so grateful to Roy for sharing it all with us - must have been a shock to the system to go from one man and his dog to 5 of us and Kalani.

Kalani

Kalani is Roy's long suffering dog during our days in National Parks, where she wasn't allowed.  But she was forever even tempered and up for a cuddle and some ball play.

She was a bit less stressed back home

You're going to make a great therapy dog going with Roy into care homes and helping sick people.  For more info on therapy dogs See here

Thanks again to both of you for your companionship.


One more post to go!!!

LAST STOP - ST GEORGE'S

So headed south from Roy's residence, after a farewell breakfast with the tour group and wave goodbye to Kalani.  Through massively expanding suburbs and on via desert and back to canyon country and St. George's for a day of R&R before the final push to Las Vegas (2hrs) and the flight home.  Couple of swims (air temp was thirty degrees warmer than at Roy's), good meals out, excellent Best Western motel, bit of shopping and a morning walking the town historic trail.

Pioneer Town

Another outpost of the Mormon push across the continent to escape prejudice and persecution in the East, setting up in the mid eighteen hundreds to develop a sizable tourist town now.  At least three times the size from when we last visited 22 yes ago.  Nice old buildings, interesting Court House and Pioneer museum staffed by enthusiastic volunteers with their own Mormon family stories to tell.

Bison

These bison are part of the worldwide phenomena of painted animals, people, etc.  Found in Salt Lake City and here - we had similar sheep all around the Lake District last year.

None as good as the Witherslack sheep trail!!!

Sculpture Trail

Talking of trails, there was a great new sculpture Trail all around the old part of town.

They were renovating the tabernacle and it seemed like a pretty good addition to the sculpture Trail.