Day 14 - Aug. 19 - Tuesday Evening (and then some)

Hey friends, Nicole's writing today. enjoy.



UTAH: Land of the Mormons.

We (well, really just me) played a game on our drive into Utah called "Spot the Mormon Things." The game was surprisingly anti-climatic minus "Missionary Mall," a couple of LDS churches, and the temple downtown.

Observation: Salt Lake City has just about every chain store and/or restaurant your little heart could desire. I saw two Red Lobsters, Marie Callendar's, Bed Bath and Beyond, and, oh, you name it.

Last Night: SLC turned out to be different from most of my pre-conceived notions. SLC has bars, many people drink caffeine, yaddi yadda. We stopped at a swanky little coffee shop and were all pretty hyper, even though I think road trip malaise has hit just about everyone. Mike seems to always have an endless amount of energy, so he does a pretty good job of perking people up. After the caffeine-intake we set up at the venue. Friends from near and far came to the show, including two Swedish fellows that Mike has been helping book a US tour.

Here are some highlights from the show:
1) An old, heavily-tattooed drunk man danced with a young girl in the middle of the dancefloor during Bexar Bexar's set.
2) A goth he-she filmed us while playing
3) A semi-goth/screamo/jam band played after us
4) Said goth he-she filmed Meg, Ish, and me while watching said odd band

I have videos to backup most of these highlights.

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