Yippee! The time had finally arrived
when I could leave my job and start my much anticipated road trip. My friend Alex arrived in Calgary on Wednesday evening (7th September) and we hit the road the following morning and headed south to Salt Lake City. The drive was slightly longer than we had expected and so we stopped off at a place call Helena. We ended up staying in McDonald's car park and getting some shut-eye before moving on to Salt Lake.
The city can be described as fresh, crisp and clean. As this was only a "pit stop", we decided to visit the main tourist attraction, Temple Square. On arrival to the Square we were greeted by two young Nuns or "Missionaries" from the Church of Jesus Chris the Savior, the organization who had first settled in the City. Neither Alex nor I are religious, however out of respect felt that we should hold conversation with the two Nuns. After twenty minutes this conversation started to drag, however not really concentrating on the conversation I didn't realize that Alex was playing a game of his own; he was about to ask the Nuns to come out with us on the town that night! Unfortunately I went and stuck my foot in it when they asked what religion we were. Alex explained he was a Catholic and I said that I was "Church of England". "What is Church of England" they replied. Unfortunately, I did not really think about what I was saying and so said the following: "King Henry VIII, created the Church of England so that he could marry more than one woman, seven in fact". This killed the conversation and that was that, time to move on!
The not so long and windy road took us west towards our next destination, San Francisco. On the way, not far out of Salk Lake, we came across the evaporation basin or "salt flats" which are pictured below. This as well as providing a great back drop for the photo is where the land speed trials are held. We continued driving all day and arrived in San Fran in the early hours of the next morning. After managing to fall right into the rough end of town we managed to get our bearings and find our way to the RV Park, which is about a ten minute bus ride from the city centre.
San Francisco is and amazing city. Vibrant, Full of culture and great shops, oh and food it was great and the sun was shining! After hitting the Malls we walked through the city and down to the harbor. On Saturday we headed of to the North of the city, over the Golden Gate Bridge and up to the Muir Woods which were amazing. Our next destination was Los Angeles. To be continued.....
