Utah / mesquite Nevada / Las Vegas.

[Dark Lord Al]

Im travelling to Salt Lake City seeing some friends , then driving down to Mesquite , staying there for few weeks , then on to Vegas.

Any of you guys have any must do things , or must see places , in any of the areas ??
even better if any of you guys are from any of the above places.
Give me some travel tips guys.
Many thanks
D.L.A.

[Dark Lord Al]

cheers for the advice guys.

[CFH]

I've never been to any of those places, but I find the image of you surrounded by Mormons in Salt Lake City to be hilarious.

[Mark TKO]

On my first visit to Vegas I travelled to Monument valley in Utah. For me a must see given am a big fan of the old John ford westerns. Still an amazing place though and worth a visit


is it on your route ?? I have no idea but am sure you can fit it in

[fan johnny]

The helicopter ride through grand canyon. ~$200. I haven't been but relatives tell me it's awesome. I'd suggest white water rafting it might be a bit much for your trip.

Try using Google Earth to scout out your trip.

[Dark Lord Al]

cheers guys

[superheavyrhun]

I thought Mesquite was some sort of chilli BBQ sauce? Didn't they have Mesquite flavour kettle chips that were awesome? As for the US, can't help beyond saying to avoid LAX like the plague. Worst. Airport. Ever.

[fan johnny]

I thought Mesquite was some sort of chilli BBQ sauce? Didn't they have Mesquite flavour kettle chips that were awesome? As for the US, can't help beyond saying to avoid LAX like the plague. Worst. Airport. Ever.

The LAX airport police are ticket crazy! I'm willing to bet they make more money on writing tickets than from parking.

Oh hey BTW, the helicopter rides for Grand Canyon can start from Las Vegas.

[Youngblood]

10% tipping is standard. 15% is even better. be nice to your servers u mean bastard.





jk man, dunno bout the areas but hope u have a good trip.

[greynotsoold]

While in Salt Lake City, get to the area around 800 South and State; in that area there are at least 8 or 9 street vendor taco wagons and they are all good, some of them very good. Also, the Fullmer gym is in West Jordan, but it has recently moved.
If you hit the Grand Canyon, at this time of year it is much less crowded if you go to the North Rim. Take highway (??) 9 east out of St George Utah. But while you're in that vicinity, don't overlook Zion, Bryce, and Capitol Reef National Parks. That whole 'canyon country' area is truly spectacular. Monument Valley is right there as well.
The Canyon De Chelly national monument is a bit of a drive, close to the New Mexico border, but check it out on-line; really something to see, and they have a good gym in Chinle.
From Mesquite, Death Valley isn't too far and the "Extraterrestrial Highway" will pretty much take you there. A bit north is the Great Basin National Park, which I haven't seen, but I've read and heard that it is worth seeing. Glaciers in the desert!
There is a lot more going on in Salt Lake than you might think; a pretty thriving music scene and so on. Get out and explore a bit.
Have a good time, my friend.

[killersheep]

Laws about drinking in Utah are ridiculous, be ready for that. You'll be heading down by Zion National Park, it's an absolutely gorgeous area. In Salt Lake City all of the addresses are based off of the main Mormon Temple, so you will see things like W 100 S as a designator of location in relation to the south east corner of the temple.

Don't listen to Youngblood standard tipping is 15%, 20% for good service.

[greynotsoold]

Laws about drinking in Utah are ridiculous, be ready for that. You'll be heading down by Zion National Park, it's an absolutely gorgeous area. In Salt Lake City all of the addresses are based off of the main Mormon Temple, so you will see things like W 100 S as a designator of location in relation to the south east corner of the temple.

Don't listen to Youngblood standard tipping is 15%, 20% for good service.

Yeah, SLC has odd alcohol laws. They can have Happy Hour drink specials- as in mixed drinks- but not Happy Hour beer specials, and the state liquor stores are hard to find. Truly astounding number of tattoo places, and way more strip clubs than you might expect. But the taco wagons...my favorites are on Main and 800 South, and on West Temple and 800 South.
By the way, the grid system starts from the southeast corner of the Temple and is very easy to figure out. Once you get over being confused by addresses like "400 East 700 South."

[fan johnny]

Laws about drinking in Utah are ridiculous, be ready for that. You'll be heading down by Zion National Park, it's an absolutely gorgeous area. In Salt Lake City all of the addresses are based off of the main Mormon Temple, so you will see things like W 100 S as a designator of location in relation to the south east corner of the temple.

Don't listen to Youngblood standard tipping is 15%, 20% for good service.

I stopped giving tips after eating in this one Vietnamese Restaurant, we left a 10% tip because that was all the change we had in our pocket and this crazy waitress came running out of the restaurant shouting "What's wrong?, didn't you like the service? was there some wrong with the food? We were dumb-founded and we asked her "why?" she said "you only left this (6 dollar) tip."

That just pissed us off about tipping. It's called "gratuity" and for the last few years we stopped tipping (except when the service is exceptional) and it doesn't seem to make a difference.

[Dark Lord Al]

yes it sounds like zion will be a good option , my wife and I are meeting some good friends who live just outside Salt Lake , in Ogden.
Will be different than other breaks we have had, thanks for all the advice.

[superheavyrhun]

Laws about drinking in Utah are ridiculous, be ready for that. You'll be heading down by Zion National Park, it's an absolutely gorgeous area. In Salt Lake City all of the addresses are based off of the main Mormon Temple, so you will see things like W 100 S as a designator of location in relation to the south east corner of the temple.

Don't listen to Youngblood standard tipping is 15%, 20% for good service.

I stopped giving tips after eating in this one Vietnamese Restaurant, we left a 10% tip because that was all the change we had in our pocket and this crazy waitress came running out of the restaurant shouting "What's wrong?, didn't you like the service? was there some wrong with the food? We were dumb-founded and we asked her "why?" she said "you only left this (6 dollar) tip."

That just pissed us off about tipping. It's called "gratuity" and for the last few years we stopped tipping (except when the service is exceptional) and it doesn't seem to make a difference.

From now on, you shall be known as Mr Pink....oh hang on you had that nickname already...