On the final leg of our Southwest roadtrip, we drove from Moab to Salt Lake City. We've been to Salt Lake City a few times before, so we just left half a day here before our flight out the next morning. On the way we made a pitstop in Helper, a quiet little historic town along the route. We arrived in SLC in the early afternoon, and went straight to the "Gateway" district west of downtown. It's kind of like a smaller version of Atlantic Station. We had lunch at Hall Pass, a food hall that was apparently the first modern food hall in the entire state of Utah. It started to rain, so we did a short driving tour around downtown and "the Avenues" neighborhood, then went to check in to our AirBnB in the Sugar House neighborhood.
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| Downtown Helper, Utah. |
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| Lunch in the Hall Pass food hall. |
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| A rainy afternoon in the Gateway district. |
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| View of the capitol building and downtown. |
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| Salt Lake City has a nice setting. |
The started to let up, so we went back downtown and walked around admiring the architecture. Salt Lake City is a bit bland, but does have some interesting old buildings downtown. We stopped for a quick drink at the
Sun Trapp bar, then went back to the Sugar House neighborhood for dinner at the
Wasatch Brewery.
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| City Creek Center. |
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| A 1911 building on the national historic register. |
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| The Sugar House neighborhood is lively and cute. |
On Sunday morning Thomas left early for his flight, and we walked around Liberty Park for a bit and had brunch at
the Park Cafe.
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| Liberty Park Pond. |
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| Yummy brunch! |
We drove to the airport and our week long Southwest roadtrip came to a close. This region is set up perfectly for road trips, with great scenery, national parks, and historic cities. Salt Lake City has some interesting neighborhoods and is worth some of your time, but make sure to devote plenty of your itinerary to the natural wonders in the area.
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