Salt Lake City to Carbondale, CO

We spent the night in Salt Lake City (we scored the Salt Lake Hilton on Hotwire for $84!)In the morning we hit the Blue Plate Diner for breakfast. Phil and I discovered it several years ago on a ski trip but since than it has been on 'Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives' it's a great local place and very yummy. Joanie had corn cakes and I had a Pork Chile Verde breakfast burrito.



I love the view of the Wastachs from the city.


Leaving SLC we drove towards Provo before hoping on a local highway over the mountains to connect to I-70. There were awesome windmills at the entrance to the canyon. It was an interesting drive across the desert but Simon slept most of the way so we didn't stop.


Once in Carbondale we met up with our friend Rachel. Mt Sopris (12,965 ft) dominates the view in town. This picture came from Rachel's parents front yard.