S.L.C. to Boise

We're now killing some time at a coffee shop in Bend, Oregon before we head over to meet our couch hosts. We spent the last 48 hours driving and chilling, first in Salt Lake City, where the houses are charming and the many Mormon missionary's are sweet as pie.

Had an awesome dinner at the Red Iguana in S.L.C., super gourmet Mexican food, delicious peach margarita...with left overs for breakfast.

Finally busted the bikes out in S.L.C. and rode around Liberty Park, downtown and over to Temple Square. A block of Mormon worship, the temple was pretty incredible, 177 rooms, that took 40 years to build by hand starting in 1853. There were a whole lot of missionaries, we met a girl from the Philippines and one from Nicaragua. Super friendly girls that said we could see the inside of the Temple...if we converted (in so few words). We opted for a scale model and pictures, and a little history in one of the THREE visitor centers in the square.

Made it to The Great Salt Lake on our way out of Utah and stuck a toe in, but failed to make it to the salt flats.

Drove onto Boise, Idaho. Got out the bikes again, and rode a little ways on the green belt along the river, one of the best bike paths we've seen yet. We didn't make it out to the lakes (at the end of the path), though we drove past them. We did however make it to a sub an empanada place called Tango's with awesome food and awesome owners.

On Sunday we're heading to Crater Lake to hang out and hike for a couple of days with our friend Mike (our first meet up on the road!) and then on to Portland!