Things We Love About Utah

Chris and I realized how much we love Utah after moving to Oregon. We don't hate Oregon, we just like Utah better. I am so glad we made the effort to take time and enjoy the things about Utah before we moved. Here is a list of our favorite things:

1. Our Neighborhood. Chris and I really lucked out with our first apartment. The apartment itself was nothing to be desired, but the neighborhood and ward was awesome. Chris could be biking up one of the canyons within 10 minutes and we had great running routes beginning just outside our door. Plus, we had nice views of the mountains. We would love to move back to Holladay some day.

2. Holiday Oil. This gas station was another plus to our neighborhood. It was just around the corner and had some of the best diet coke around.

Chris went to get big gulps so often that he became good friends with Rob, the gas station manager. Too bad he never gave us free drinks :( (The gas station sells those shirts, and no we did not buy one).

3. Cafe Rio. Be still my heart. This has been one of the hardest things about leaving Utah is not having a Cafe Rio within 10 minutes in either direction. The closest one to us is in Boise, a mere 8 hours away.

4. Franck's: Hands down, one of the best restaurants we have ever been to. Its a little pricey but so worth it. We went one last time before leaving town and they gave us several free appetizers just because we were moving.

Franck himself. Great guy.

5. Yogurtland: Chris loves his frozen yogurt and Yogurtland has been the best place we have tried at the best price. They have several yogurt places in Oregon but they are over priced and try too hard to be good.

6. Sundance and the giant cookies: We love Sundance and loved it even more when we discovered the giant cookies sold in the Deli.

7. The Alpine Loop: This is our favorite drive and Chris' favorite place to ride his bike, especially in the fall. We always take a picture in this spot, usually with the fall leaves but because of the move, we had to get a picture a little earlier this year. We usually take this drive and stop at Sundance to get the giant cookies.

8. Park City: We loved being 20 minutes away from Park City. Mostly just so we could bum around for the day. We especially love Stein Eriksen lodge and are sad we couldn't go again this year for our anniversary. So we decided we would go to brunch there before we left.

Gotta love the chair lifts in the summer. We like taking the chair lift in Park City while eating a bunch of sweets from Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory (they have those in Oregon to my surprise).

9. Family: Last but not least, we miss being really close to our families. They all said they would come visit us in Oregon...right guys?!?

We are so excited to come back around Christmas time!