Thanksgiving in Utah

We came to Salt Lake City for turkey day. We drove down on Thursday and my old roommate Philip flew in from Raleigh to join us. We are staying at the Residence Inn in a 2 room suite. Joanie made an entire Thanksgiving in the apartment sized kitchen, we had turkey, mashed potatoes, fancy green bean casserole, pecan tarts, and I made stove top and homemade cranberry sauce. We should have take pictures but we didn't.

On Friday, Philip and I went to Snowbird while Joanie went to Nordstrom. It was a fair trade. The conditions here are better than we have in Idaho (currently still brown) but not great. There are some rocks and tree tops sticking through. It has been cloudy and windy but we took the tram to the top of Hidden Peak (11,000 ft). It was blustery and cold up there.

We wrapped up the day by going to the Red Iguana for dinner. We had to wait over an hour for a table but it was worth it. They are famous for the Mole dishes. I had mango mole enchiladas with carnitas while Joanie had a combo plate with a sour cream enchilada (cinnamon & chile in the sauce) and a shredded beef taco with a homemade shell. This place is great, it's been featured on Food Network a few times. I recommend going if you are in town.

On Saturday we went to Park City and hit the outlets instead of riding. We cleaned up there and had dinner downtown in the historic district.

On Sunday Philip and I went to Brighton while Joanie hit Nordstrom Rack. We had a good day, they had more snow coverage than the Snowbird though it was cloudy and cold there as well. No good pictures of me though Philip was doing some jumping.

It was a great trip overall, we have one day left since we took Monday off as well.