Utah 15-20 September 2014

20140915 092408 On 15 Sept I arrived at Homestead Resort in Midway UT 20140915 095417 I spent some time in these gardens on the phone moving money. 20140915 110312 But before that I visited the ersatz Zermatt Resort which in Bern, Grison and Valais all mushed together 20140915 114150 Signs of Swiss-ness
20140915 114239 A lot of high-end developments around pioneer cemetaries 20140915 115855 A yurt on a golf course 20140915 122056 I took a hike in the Wasatch State Park 20140915 123851 The maples, oaks and aspens
20140915 130335 were doing their best 20140915 130343 imitation of the Eastern hardwoods 20140915 131812 I think they did rather well! 20140915 130556 Classic aspens
20140915 132754 The hike was through a kind of scrub forest 20140915 132831 where the maples 20140915 132840 turned all the light red 20140915 133125 Flaming!
20140915 143724 The Swiss connection is real 20140915 144730 Johannes Huber from Thurgovia was among the early settlers 20140915 144145 Apple trees that he planted. 20140915 144710 He converts to Mormonism, return to proselytise in Switzerland and was persecuted.
20140918 152142 Flags of Alpine countries 20140919 064034 Power outage on the morning of 19 September in SLC motel 20140919 082210 SLC airport: I'm on my way home.