k, so after the Grand Canyon putting ever petty aspect of human relationships into perspective and thus explaining the meaning of life to us, we set out to figure out wtf Mormonism was all about in SLC.
We didn't get very far into this hot bed of uber conservatism before we were issued our first (and only) speeding ticket. Amazingly, i wasnt driving when this happened even though i was brutally speeding the whole time i drove because i don't understand Canadian measurements of distance (or speed) and our van's consol was all in Canada time. Despite the highways being over patroled, the state of Utah is pretty gorgeous. Having grown up in the Midwest i am still really used to long drive's being painfully flat and boring. Not the case in Utah obviously.
We were greeted by my friend's Chris & Anna.
Who were kind enough to take us out to dinner where Josh was able to order a flight of practically non-alchoholic beers.
The next day we took a drive out to Antelope island and had our first (of several) encounters with giant prehistoric wild life. I tried to approach this buffalo who i guess thought about charging me about 5 secs after this picture was taken. Whateves wooly mammoth looking motherf***er.
Mike and mini-Mike.
So apparently, SLC was founded when the leader of the Mormons arrived here w/ his people in exile and decided that the lake was the Pacific Ocean. Once declaring they had reached the promised land of California they settled next to this cesspool of a lake in which only brine fish (sea monkeys) can survive. I mean the lake is pretty and all, but it is 1/100th the size of the Pacific, really shallow and reeks of shrimp.
We made our way to Yellowstone, land of one thousand awesome geysers and more Jumanji type action than any of us had ever witnessed.
Bison have their own lane on the road through Yellowstone. You can pet them as they walk by. No fences, no zoo beauracracy, nbd.
That is a grizzly bear. IN THE WILD.
And that is a wolf. IN NATURE.
Mike is a PA on the new David Eliade production.
It was spring so we had a snowball fight.
The main thing geyser we had gone to see was closed due to pregnant bears but this is what it looks like on the internet:
Old Faithful was still old & faithful though.
On our way out of the park we saw the miracle of birth. And after birth.
We cruised by Mount Rushmor on the way home too but those dudes looked kinda stale in comparison. I mean we saw a baby bison in it's first moments on earth. Who the f**k is Thomas Jefferson?
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