First Impressions of Salt Lake City
August 8, 2005
As we flew into Utah the first things we could see from the plane were Bingham Copper Mine and Utah Lake. Next we made out Salt Lake City, and then specifically our hotel. Clearly I’ve been spending too much time in satellite view in Google Maps… Soon the Great Salt Lake became overbearingly apparent. The plane also passed over Farmington Bay as we came in for a landing. From the air the “bay” appears more to be salt marshes and flats than an actually useful body of water.
As we left the airport Sara was very pleased by the giant mountins all around us. Finding the Hilton Hotel took mere minutes. I already began to get the impression that finding my way around Utah was not going to be difficult.
After getting settled into the hotel we took a quick trip into the city, only about a 7 minute drive. The city is layed out in a simple to follow grid pattern, however, the street names are a bit rough to get used to. Take a peak at them on Google Maps. You’ll see that most street have to directions in them, ex E 900 S or S 900 E which are entirely different roads. Also there are about 3 major streets named Temple. It’s a tad more confusing than say New York City where numbered streets run one way and avenues the other, or DC where numbers are one way and letters the other. You get the point.
Overall this seems like a cool place, it should be fun.
Tags: Bingham copper mine, farmington bay, google maps, great salt lake, mountains, salt lake city, scenery, Utah
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