July 23rd: are we in Bokrijk?

Tour guide Renet Kroket leaded guest Sofie on the bicycle around Salt Lake City. We bicycled along the Mormon Church again, saw the Capitol building in the distance while we were standing at the Eagle's gate: an arch with an eagle on top! We slowly climbed up to the university of Utah campus. At this point we were not so far from the U on the mountain. Almost every town in the west has a big letter on one of the slopes of the surrounding mountains - usually referring to the schools or university in that city or town. We kept on climbing, rather steeply now, and reached the university hospital and it famous cancer institute. The road leveled along Fort Hall (I think) where students are housed now. There was some story here to tell, but I have completely forgotten about it. Last part of the climbing today went towords Hogle zoo and the This Is The Place open air museum. We had passes for both of them, but decided to visit the latter. Good thing they had small trains (like the one circling in Oostende) - the sun was beating hard and I am not really a walking person! All aboard and off we went, about 500 meters we got off to visit Brigham Youngs summer house. We jumped on the next train which braught us to a hotel from pioneering days. The funniest part was our train ride in a very small train - for kids (and adults it said on the brochure). An adult could sit in there with his knees up to his chin and we rode three times around a small pond - there was even a tunnel (about 5 meters long). From there we headed towards the tipis where a Navajo Native American let us sit on bison hides and talked to us. From the distance we could hear the BIG train coming again which took us back to the starting point. Before leaving the museum I had my lunch: a mint chocolate chip ice cream.
The rest of the day should be easy cycling: all downhill. Well, almost... We skirted out the campus of the university, looking for the book shop, and this took us on some up and down roads. Then we moved over to the Olympic Heritage Place - also an outdoor museum - yes , exactly the place to visit when it's almost 100 degrees F and there is no shade around. But, we are the Brave Belgians and we want to see as much as possible. Cooling time was done in a bakery where they serve fresh bread, which we didn't buy... we went for the cookies!
We had to do grocery shopping next, 'cause we planned to have dinner at our hotel. There are only two grocery stores in the center of the city! The rest are convenience stores... I do not think it is so convenient!