You thought THAT was snow, plus the un-beautiful game - when sport isn't a delight

From Awesome David

Saturday, 23rd September

Off we went, goodbye Yellowstone and another one of those LONG drives, this time through the potato fields of Idaho. They just stretched on and on, until we hit the border with Utah, and decided to take a detour into the City of Logan.

We had some lunch and then went looking for signs to take a photo of Logan with. Unfortunately, there weren't any great signs, and Logan was wanting to get moving so we arrived in Salt Lake City with plenty of time to get to the stadium for the soccer game between the Seattle Sounders and Real Salt Lake.

Logan standing under a City of Logan sign

Logan standing next to the Logan Visitor Information sign -
the visitor information wasn't open on Saturdays!

The drive between Logan and Salt Lake City was beautiful, we drove and drove and the mountain ranges loomed... and then the city traffic appeared.

Shear patterns in the rock, North of Salt Lake City

Beautiful colours in the rock

A Ford F150 pickup pulling a caravan and a trailer of ATVs on the freeway

We didn't really get an opportunity to see the city, because our accommodation was up in the mountains nearby. We were staying in the Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Olympics Lodge, and unseasonably, we had a blizzard of snow!

The snow is falling

Logan, Jonty and I had a soccer game to get to, so after agreeing with the boys that they would be my navigators to the game, we carefully wound our way down the mountain and entered the city in heavy rain.
It wasn't too hard to find the stadium. Parking was a different issue! We drove around and around, got in trouble with the police for stopping on a crosswalk, while throngs of people walked around us.
Finally, I played the tourist card and mentioned how far we had travelled to get to the game. The lady managing the parking very kindly let us into the permit-only parking area, and we entered the stadium a couple of minutes after kick-off.
By this stage, it was pouring with rain. It took us another five minutes to find our seats and we sat down drenched in our outside seats.
To sum up: it was cold, it was wet, and the Sounders did not play a good game. We were Sounders fans among a sea of Real Salt Lake fans, and when the Sounders went down 0-2, it wasn't a great experience.
The drive home was terrifying, because we couldn't see the road markings - it was now dark and there was heavy rain in the city, and then the blizzard on the mountain and the danger of black ice.

We all fell to sleep cold and exhausted, but safe.

On a positive note, I found out that the boys are great navigators. Thanks guys.