What do I do in Salt Lake?

[K-town]

Atleast my QB dosent have grey hair and beard ! Favre is older then most of you fans ! As far as me converting to a wackerpacker fan, ... The day they start serving icecream in haties ! or, When pigs fly ! or When packer fans family trees have more then ONE branch !
For you educationaly challenged (most Packer fans) that will be " NEVER " !

1) Your QB is Cade McNown...er... Rex Grossman (the sex cannon)
That's working out real well for you. Hee.
2) Didn't know there was an age limit for NFL fans.
3) haties? Haiti? HADES?
4) The proper terminology is "the family tree doesn't fork." After meeting
my fair share of Bear fans, I suspect their family trees look like
telephone poles as well.
5) With as many grammatical errors as you make, should you be
commenting on education at all? Or is this indicative of the Illinois school
system?

[GBRulz]

well, I came back thinking I truly am an alcoholic when I can go to a bar and drink 3 beers and not feel anything....thank you Utah!!!

In case some of you are interested, here is a link to some photo's I took while I was out there. The scenery wasn't the greatest this time of year, as things were still very "brown" up in the mountains, but here goes....

http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2092743537&code=27748308&mode=invite&DCMP=isc-email-AlbumInvite

[packinpatland]

well, I came back thinking I truly am an alcoholic when I can go to a bar and drink 3 beers and not feel anything....thank you Utah!!!

In case some of you are interested, here is a link to some photo's I took while I was out there. The scenery wasn't the greatest this time of year, as things were still very "brown" up in the mountains, but here goes....

http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...il-AlbumInvite

Wow! Some of those are fantastic.

[BallHawk]

well, I came back thinking I truly am an alcoholic when I can go to a bar and drink 3 beers and not feel anything....thank you Utah!!!

In case some of you are interested, here is a link to some photo's I took while I was out there. The scenery wasn't the greatest this time of year, as things were still very "brown" up in the mountains, but here goes....

http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...il-AlbumInvite

Wow, I didn't realize how great Utah's scenery was! As said, those look fantastic.

GB, out of curiosity, what type of Camera are you using? Those pics look great.

[oregonpackfan]

Great pictures, GBRulz!

Though I will always have a special fondness for the beauty of my native Wisconsin, it can't compare with the rugged beauty of the west.

[Scott Campbell]

Wow, I didn't realize how great Utah's scenery was! As said, those look fantastic.

Those shots are from right around the Salt Lake area - minutes from downtown. The state is extremely diverse, with many different ecosystems that look much different than the one in those shots. There are 5 National Parks here. And that doesn't count Lake Powel or the ski resorts. You wouldn't see them designate 5 National Parks in say Illinois. I think the scenery in Illinois is perfectly suited for garbage dumps, neuclear waste and the Bears - you know, the stuff nobody else wants.

Anyway, many of the Intermountain/Western states are just as spectacular, including Montana, Colorado, Idaho, Washington, Oregon and California.

[packinpatland]

I agree with you Scott, the western states are grand.
But oh..................Cape Cod, Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard, Block island, then up to Vermont, Maine................

[HarveyWallbangers]

I've been to all--except Utah. Must say that western Montana is my favorite.

[MJZiggy]

Now I wanna go on vacation!! :P

[GBRulz]

Wow, I didn't realize how great Utah's scenery was! As said, those look fantastic.

GB, out of curiosity, what type of Camera are you using? Those pics look great.

Thanks, Ballhawk. To be honest, the pictures don't do the scenery justice. Yes, like Scott said, these were taken within like 20 minutes of Salt Lake City. Unfortunately, I just didn't have the time to head down to Zion like I wanted. Plus the weekend that I was there, the weather was crappy. Zion is where all the red rock is, that is the stuff that I really wanted to see. Luckily, there is this airline that flys direct to Vegas from GB, twice a week and Zion is only about an hour and a half drive from there. Vs the 5 hour drive from Salt Lake. Seeing as the company that I work for now is based out of there, I'm sure I will get to go back again. If not, that is what vacation time is for!

The camera I used is a Sony DSC-H5. It's classified as a point and shoot, but it is a little bigger seeing it has the 12x zoom. It also has all the manual adjustments that a DSLR has, which came in very handy on top of the mountain where within a 10 minute span we saw major snow, then sunshine then snow again. It's amazing that within a 10 minute car ride of how fast the terrain changes in the mountains.

The culture there is a little different than here. Instead of seeing a liquor store on every corner, you see a 7 Eleven or a place that sells jail bonds! Speaking of the liquor store, I went in (after driving for 30 minutes before we found one) and asked where the cold beer was. The lady says "you aren't from Utah, are you?" Apparently, selling cold beer in a liquor store is too much to ask for. But, unless you want the watered down stuff that is served in the restaurants and bars, the liquor store is your only option for "normal" beer.

Got to a few downtown bars, but they are somewhat scattered about so we pretty much stayed at the same two. Scott, you will appreciate this one.... we were taking the Trax downtown and there was a cop on the train. I asked him which stop do we want to get off for the Tavernacle. Well, he told us Temple Square. Apparently, he thought I mean the Tabernacle (big building where the Mormon Choir sings). So, we're walking around and asking people where the Tavernacle is and everyone pointed us to the Mormon Choir place. Finally I said "no, the Tavernacle, the duel piano bar". Well, 3 had never heard of it and finally a guy pointed us in the right direction!

All in all, it was a great trip and I really did enjoy my stay there. I def will go back again to visit.

[GBRulz]

This is just too damn funny!! A very popular beer in Salt Lake!
"Why have Just One?"

[Scott Campbell]

The culture there is a little different than here.

ROFL

Understatement of the century!

[Scott Campbell]

Scott, you will appreciate this one.... we were taking the Trax downtown and there was a cop on the train. I asked him which stop do we want to get off for the Tavernacle. Well, he told us Temple Square. Apparently, he thought I mean the Tabernacle (big building where the Mormon Choir sings). So, we're walking around and asking people where the Tavernacle is and everyone pointed us to the Mormon Choir place. Finally I said "no, the Tavernacle, the duel piano bar". Well, 3 had never heard of it and finally a guy pointed us in the right direction!

Yeah, there's a lot of that kind of thing that goes on here. You almost have to learn a new language. When we first moved here, a kid walking by our house asked my wife where the stake house was. She told him "I don't know, but there's a Red Lobster down by the mall".

A stake house is a LDS church.

[BEARMAN]

Is proper grammar, spelling and sentence structure a prerequisite to being a member ? No ? Good, then Joke you if you can't take a f#*k ! You all seem to get the gist of what I am saying, so I am doing OK ! :P

Plane tickets to Chicago: $489.00
Tickets to a BEARS, GB game: $210.00
BEARS hats, shirts and foam claw: $175.00
Watching DA BEARS kick farves arse in person: Pricless !

[Fosco33]

Scott, you will appreciate this one.... we were taking the Trax downtown and there was a cop on the train. I asked him which stop do we want to get off for the Tavernacle. Well, he told us Temple Square. Apparently, he thought I mean the Tabernacle (big building where the Mormon Choir sings). So, we're walking around and asking people where the Tavernacle is and everyone pointed us to the Mormon Choir place. Finally I said "no, the Tavernacle, the duel piano bar". Well, 3 had never heard of it and finally a guy pointed us in the right direction!

Yeah, there's a lot of that kind of thing that goes on here. You almost have to learn a new language. When we first moved here, a kid walking by our house asked my wife where the stake house was. She told him "I don't know, but there's a Red Lobster down by the mall".

A stake house is a LDS church.

I went there last month - kinda dumpy for a bar but pretty fun nonetheless. They had like 2 dollar Bud Light and let us order food from their 'menu' which is actually a compilation of other restaurants.