hey all, currently we are in Salt Lake City,, having driven across Canada and the US. We stopped in Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Detroit, Chicago, the Badlands and Yellowstone national park on our way here.  The house that we are living in for the next 5 ish weeks, has 2 hottubs ( 1 is working) a steam shower, various game tables and a really wonderful kitchen for whoever wants to cook. i'll be making dinner tonight :)

places of note that we stopped in on our way over!

Montreal
we had a really grand time, just sightseeing and, a few of us went to see the band " the bad plus" and got to meet them also.  They are a jazz cover band that also has some of their own songs. immediately after that, ( just after we walked out of the concert) we walked into an "art exhibit" of sorts, where music, lights and water fountains were synced perfectly.
we also had to stay in a hostel that night due to our van (Ethel ? ) being locked up in a parking garage.

Ottawa
we had some really tasty Ethiopian after a tour of the city were i got  a tribal arm band.

Toronto
well what can i say, this was one of the coolest places that we went, first and foremost for the resturant, O'Noir, where you eat in total darkness, so that you can experience what its like to be blind, for a while. and to really, i mean really, taste your food for the first time. 
i had the "surprise" dishes ( which is a random dish from the menu, and you dont know what you will get until you get it) 
we all had an awesome time there, trying to figure out what we were eating and how to eat it, ( ie stabbing the plate and not the food multiple times). 
for Dessert we had some kind of chocolate mousse cake.


so this is it for now i have too go make cookies with Alexis