How odd to be inside all week. At UtahOutsider, it goes against the grain. This week, however, was spent entirely indoors, horseless, dogless, trail-less. Small sacrifice for what will be gained for our readership! Specifically we were at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt […]
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Utahns Not Stressed, evidence shows
I stumble into this low cost hair-cutting place in Sandy because I have a coupon and because it’s next to another store, for which I have an even better coupon. I’m expecting savings. I’m not expecting a bizarre, Coen-brothers scene where something crazy happens and […]
Read moreA Mountain of a Man
I met Randall Ercanbrack on a morning walk in Provo’s Rock Canyon. It was early, but he was already coming down off the trails. Come to find out: Ercanbrack chugs up Y Mountain in Provo or West Mountain near Payson nearly every morning, carrying a […]
Read moreBreaking ice with beanbags
The Old Goat was one of my favorite leisure spots when I lived back in Maine. The Richmond pub became an even bigger fav when I learned about its regular games of cornhole. For the uninitiated, cornhole is a game of tossing bean bags onto […]
Read moreBreaking ice with beanbags
The Old Goat was one of my favorite leisure spots when I lived back in Maine. The Richmond pub became an even bigger fav when I learned about its regular games of cornhole. For the uninitiated, cornhole is a game of tossing bean bags onto […]
Read moreUintah Basin on Screech
For our trip to Maine, we decided to avoid Interstate 80 and travel along the lesser-known Route 40 in Utah and Colorado. We’d camp and check out the Rocky Mountain National Forest and Park. Route 40 runs through Duchesne, Vernal, and serves as the […]
Read moreUintah Basin on Screech
For our trip to Maine, we decided to avoid Interstate 80 and travel along the lesser-known Route 40 in Utah and Colorado. We’d camp and check out the Rocky Mountain National Forest and Park. Route 40 runs through Duchesne, Vernal, and serves as the […]
Read moreAn Arid Climate…and we’re not talking weather
Fabulous. That’s my typical response when asked about life in Utah. And it is. The open space and the agreeable climate suit me to a T. I’ve been so enamored with the Beehive State, I nearly forgot about Maine’s own fabulousness. It struck me full […]
Read moreAn Arid Climate…and we’re not talking weather
Fabulous. That’s my typical response when asked about life in Utah. And it is. The open space and the agreeable climate suit me to a T. I’ve been so enamored with the Beehive State, I nearly forgot about Maine’s own fabulousness. It struck me full […]
Read moreThe Truth behind Sea Gulls
In 1955, Utah legislators named the “Sea Gull” the state bird. They were commemorating the 1848 “Miracle of the Seagulls,” when huge flocks of gulls ate up hoards of crickets, saving crops of the newly landed Mormon pioneers. This is funny on two counts: As […]
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