I mean seriously, we drove over 500 miles across Wyoming and saw nothing remotely
interesting other than maybe the stupid "tree rock" above. The military should definitely do all their testing over Wyoming. The entire state looks like the picture to the right. Would anyone miss it? Who even knows where it is?
I'm going to take a moment and answer a question many of you
may have: Are Dans and I at each others throats yet? I'll tell you this much, we planned on going to a shooting range today so we'd have targets to shoot at instead of shooting each other. Unfortunately though, the range wasn't open in the morning so we didn't get to go. But luck is on our side and we found a coupon for 1/2 price machine gun rentals at Doug's in Salt Lake. I wonder if they have AK's...
In all seriousness though, we are getting along great. Though I must say this has alot to do with me not making a big deal of things. Though Dans makes fun of my indecisiveness this is largely due to the fact that Dans often cringes at the decisions I do make. For example, we decide we are going to share an appetizer and meal at the Mexican place we went to this evening, Sandbar. Dans chooses the Mexican pizza as an appetizer. I choose tacos for the meal and am immediately met with a snarl. Given that I did not want to make a big deal of the situation I opted to just go with Dansbury's choice of fajitas.
As for Salt Lake, we made the perfect decision to go to Sandbar. This was definitely the place to be in Salt Lake on a Thursday night. The place was packed and music was good! My impression of Salt Lake was definitely wrong. Mormons are not as conservative as one might expect - although they do stop serving alcohol at 1am. Let's just say that it seems that as we go west the % of girls dressed scandalous (i.e. very short skirts, dresses, shorts) increases! However, they all seem to be very cliquey and stick around their group of friends.
As we move west I've also found interesting perceptions about people from the east coast. I've been alternating between saying I'm from Miami and New York. Lately people cringe if I say I'm from Miami. The thought of living in Miami now kinda makes me cringe also for my own reasons (sorry fam, still enjoying NYC) but I thoroughly enjoyed growing up there and could easily see myself returning there one day. I don't really see why others would cringe...
When I say I'm from New York, most people say they can tell. Not sure how I feel about this. I guess I have lived there for 9 years now but I've never really thought that people would perceive me as a New Yorker. I guess that is b/c people in NYC often ask if I'm from another country b/c to them I apparently have a Cuban accent.
I guess I will just stick to saying I'm from both. Thoughts?
this is by far my "tied for second" quote of the trip - def tied with alice not being able to reach the pedals - he is sooooo short...
ReplyDeletei like the nkotb poses on the rock - also alex you are NOT a new yorker...jk