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My home for a Week in Salt Lake City

Caroline and Julie at Demo Day wearing our Watershed shirts

I am writing to you from my comfy little hotel room here in the bustling town of Salt Lake City.

Hiking in the mountains near Park City

We are staying put for a week and it is quite enjoyable.  My friends Heather and Grady flew out and stayed with us this weekend and we had so much fun with them.

Heather in the hills

They helped set up the Watershed booth with us at Outdoor Retailer, we went on a fabulous hike and we also got to try these awesome Stand-up Paddle Boards at the Outdoor Retailer Demo Day at the Lake.

pickin some tunes before going out for dinner

The highlight I have had so far in Salt Lake City was jamming with an authentic Hawaiian Ukulele guy.  I forgot his name but I am going to go and find him today at the Outdoor Retailer Trade Show today.  I am busy all week with jammin in the booth.  I am thrilled.

I have the hotel room to myself to organize, clean, practice, hang out by the pool before heading out to do my gig.

Cheers.

Last Day of Utahpian Paradise

I have had tremendous fun on this Winter Vacation.  We have had adventure after adventure.  Lots of skiing, hot springs, laughing and hanging with new friends.  We were invited to a home-ade pizza party at our new friend Johnny’s house.  They made yummy pizza on pizza stones in there 550 degree oven.  So crispy and delicious.  After dinner I played music in the living room with Johnny and Nat.  I had such a great time.

Homemade pizza stylie

Yesterdays ski adventure was sooo tough.  We were at SnowBasin and the slopes were so steep and hard.  I had a tough time, but I did not mind the challenge.  I am taking the day off and heading back to the hot springs to chill……………………………………………..

……………Several hours later, we did enjoy the hot springs so much and met some funny random characters there.  On the way to the hot tub we rescued a chocolate lab doggie named Bailey.  He was dodging cars on a busy street.  There were 5 of us in our mini-van and we pulled over.  I grabbed the dog and Heather Dee called the number on the collar and reached a confused lady that could not speak English.  So, we took Bailey with us to the hot springs with us.

Heather De and Bailey

Bailey did not want to get in the water with us because the water was way too hot for his kind (canine species).  116 degrees sitting in a hot springs with snow falling all around is an extremely pleasing combination.

Bailey and me at the Hot Springs in Utah

bodies in the Hot Springs near Heber City, Utah

The characters we met in the hot springs were from the Park City area.  We met a guy named Todd, who wrote several books about coming out of a coma and teaches Telemarking ski styles.  Todd’s companion, Amber loved her dogs and said that she knew she was getting middle aged because she likes to cook bacon for her dogs.  The people we have met along the way have been really interesting.

Heather De and Bailey

Justyn and I dropped our buddies off and finally we got in touch with Bailey’s owners and dropped him off too.  We found an amazing Viatnamese Restaurant near the Sugar House District that had an awesome sign in their window that said, “Vegetarian Food for Long Life”.  We ate like Kings.  Curry tofu, soups, basil rolls, hot tea and some hot saki.  So yum.

Now we are back at the hotel in Salt Lake City, packin’ up for our 5 am in the early morning departure.

Utah today and North Carolina tomorrow.   Thanks for stopping in.  

xoxoxoxoxoox  Bliss out baby.

Justyn's flip flops in the snow

My socks are rocked off here in Utah

Utah Day Three and I am still rockin out here.  I am having a blast.  Blue Bird Skies oh me oh my.  We are in Salt Lake City today resting and relaxing and hot tubbing and we are heading to the Red Iguana tonite.  Then tomorrow we ski Snow Basin.   In addition, we are meeting up with friends in my favorite hot springs and then dinner and playing more music.  I can’t believe its colder in my hometown of Asheville than it is here.

Hope you are enjoying your first week of 2010.

Rockin in Park City, Utah

Much Love,

Caroline