I'm Never Going to Utah

Disclaimer: If you don't want to hear about the random thoughts and conversations of Leslie and Natalie...don't read this...but, they're entertaining I promise!

So, I found a partner in Leslie for my nomadic lifestyle for a week. Leslie and I left Albuquerque and headed for the Four Corners. My mom didn't understand why we wanted to go there. "There's nothing there!" But we both had a fascination with being in 4 places at once. So, why would we NOT go to the Four Corners? That's the real question.

So, we ventured through some back roads, spent 10 minutes in Arizona and ended up in Arizona, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico all at the SAME TIME! We took pictures to prove it. (All picture credit goes to Leslie and her camera...I suck at taking pictures.)

SEE! FOUR PLACES AT THE SAME TIME!!

About 3 weeks ago, I found this article about liquor laws in Utah, and it was so strange, I sent it to Leslie. After reading it, both Leslie and I swore that Utah was not worth our time. Little did we know that 2 weeks later, we'd find ourselves in Utah. And you know what? Utah is pretty dang awesome...other than the weird liquor laws. I'll get to that later. But seriously...Utah is beautiful, I recommend it.

Irony seemed to hit us at every turn. Here we were driving through Colorado/Utah for a few minutes when a song came on. The first line was, "A long and winding road..." Yet, this is what we saw:

Irony...gotta love it

Then, we're like 10 miles from Moab, Utah, and we see this billboard that says "Moab Brewery. Open Lunch and Dinner." And I turn to Leslie and say, "Should we go there for dinner?" And she goes, "Is that even a question?" So, we end up at a brewery in the middle of Utah. Here we were, worrying about the alcohol laws. Leslie and I can find beer anywhere.

So, we're sitting there, eating dinner, drinking beer, and talking about life. And suddenly, we turn to each other and we're like, "Dude, we should do this." Obviously, we mean that we should open a brewery. So, we proceeded to pull out our notebooks, and we plan our entire future brewery. We continued to plan for the rest of the week. And if nothing else came out of this road trip, this plan did. She may be in Atlanta, and I may be in Oregon/Alaska...but this IS happening in the next 5-10 years, so look for it. Thanks, Moab Brewery for the inspiration!!

After a brief night in a weird hotel in Green River, Utah, (seriously, 1 guy running the whole place...the kitchen, the desk, the grounds...odd place) we hit the Arches National Park. This was my whole reason for detouring to Utah in the first place. Guess what, it was worth it. See!

In case you were wondering...that's an Arch!

After lunch at, yes, Moab Brewery, we hit the road to St. George, Utah where we attempted to go out, have a good time, get a "Leslie and Natalie story" that could beat Big Bend at spring break (another story for another time). We failed, but it wasn't our fault! We ordered margaritas at dinner. They were green, literally green. And I can only conclude that they made a mistake and brought me a virgin one because I sure didn't taste any tequila. Such a disappointment. Then, we found a "sports bar" where we sat down at the "bar" to have a beer. We looked at the shelves...condiments. Lots and lots of condiments. On the island in the middle of the bar was a motorcycle, no bottles or taps. The other guy at the bar ordered a drink, and they had to make it for him in the kitchen. Utah makes them hide the liquor from you. Plus, we had to order fries that we weren't going to eat because food has to be on the ticket for them to serve you a beer.

Long story short...we ended up back in the hotel room drinking our 4% alcohol beers we bought at the grocery story and decided that Utah was NOT the place to party.