Thursday 16.08. It wasn't a long drive to drive to Salt Lake City but it was a slow start. After checking out the Mormon Tabernacle,we strolled downtown and discovered a couple of hipster coffee bars and boutiques.It was a little surprising considering Mormon's don't drink coffee.
Friday 17.08 and 18.08. We drove over to Park City to stay with Bob and Jane for a few nights. This was the main site of the Salt Lake Winter Olympics and is a beautiful modern ski resort in Winter. It's a mecca for outdoorsy folks in Summer too. The Olympic Centre is worth a visit especially to see the pool ski jumping displays. You can enjoy a luge ride, a zip line or ride a ski slope in a tube. There are lots of good restaurants and shops and a few quirky bars in the main street.
Sunday 19.08. We drove through Utah and visited the Dinosaur National Park to see fossils, petroglyphs and rock art. We spent the night in Craig CO with pizza takeout for dinner.
Monday 20.08. They call all these Midwest states the fly-over states but if you want to know what makes America tick you need to do a road trip. It's not all NY and LA. We prefer to take a route that passes through each town rather than speeding along the Interstate with all the trucks. Crossing Colorado, by late afternoon we found ourselves at the Oak Wood Inn in Sterling, Nebraska.
Tuesday 21.08. And on we go..across Nebraska.We discovered an amazing Car Museum in Kearney NE. Why stop in Omaha, NE? I read that Omaha has the 3rd highest concentration of bars per capita in the USA. And the Counting Crows sang about it. We did find a few bars in a very boring and quiet downtown. We ate a good steak at Monarch Prime and even found live music at the Omaha Lounge.
Wednesday 22.08. And on we go..into Iowa. Des Moines didn't delay us for long and we made it to Iowa City; a nice college town that had a food festival on; and more bars than Omaha, I think. We got ourselves a bunch of coupons and wandered from restaurant to restaurant tasting all the gourmet bites.
Thursday 23.08 - 25.08. Chicago. Arriving back at our trusty River Hotel on the most glorious late summer's evening of the season we spent a few hours listening to live music at a wonderful Chicago Winery at Riverside Walk. House of Blues may be touristy but they do have excellent live bands.
On Friday we ate a very good set lunch at the 1 Michelin starred Blackbird. We spent the afternoon at the American Art Institue. On Saturday we did a musical matinee.You have to stroll the Miracle Mile even if you don't shop. Later ex Cool and the Gang pianist, entertained us and a crowd of a certain age all evening at the Red Head Piano Bar. At exactly nine o'clock on a saturday, guess what he played?
On Friday we ate a very good set lunch at the 1 Michelin starred Blackbird. We spent the afternoon at the American Art Institue. On Saturday we did a musical matinee.You have to stroll the Miracle Mile even if you don't shop. Later ex Cool and the Gang pianist, entertained us and a crowd of a certain age all evening at the Red Head Piano Bar. At exactly nine o'clock on a saturday, guess what he played?
And you can't go to Chicago without having the iconic deep-dish pizza!!
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