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Utah is a pretty state, at least from what I saw. I stayed with my friend Rich and his boys in a ski resort town called Eden about an hour from SLC. In Eden, they have a golf course, a gas station and a grocery store. Although the lady that works there will tell you different, you can NOT get a wolf shirt in the golf course gift shop or a shirt with a wolf attacking a moose or vice versa. Some days Rich went to work in the city and other days he worked on his manifesto from the safe confines of his remote cabin. I went into the city a few days and found it to be a nice, clean place filled with nice and clean people. Their trains have very clean, comfortable cushioned seating and train fare runs on the honor system. When you go to a bar they either make you purchase a membership for a small fee or sign in which are both stupid rules and when you finally do get in they’ll serve you a crappy Mormon beer which has a 3.2% alcohol content and tastes like air mixed with water. Some homeless youths I spoke to advised me to not drink any water in Salt Lake City because the Mormons have added lead and there is a giant magnet under the Big Mormon temple that will keep you from leaving. I could not substantiate this theory but it was very unusual when I was trying to take a picture of the Temple and my camera became very uncooperative suddenly, pictures coming out scrambled and the camera shutting off for no reason. Frustrated, I sat down at the edge of the pool that contained the reflection of the temple and watched a photographer take pictures of a newlywed couple. After silently negotiating with the local prevailing higher power I was finally able to get my picture. Pretty nice place, Utah.