Today we went to another utahnissans meet. We were expecting about 15 to 20 people to join us for lunch today at TGIFridays, that turned into 30 plus people and 24 cars. We had made reservations for 20, figuring on overshooting, and they kept just coming and coming... Shnikeys... Took up the whole front line of parking with Nissans.. There was this Honda Accord that was checking them out, it passed, stopped, backed up, and passed again.
Then a group of us went on a cruise up Emigration Canyon, to East Canyon to Henefer, then to I-80 and down to SL. We had a Nissan 240 SX that slid off the road in East Canyon, then two other 240 SXs pulled him out. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes I would have NEVER believed it. The roads were nice, the traffic was light, and the company was fun. We had a great time and will be looking forward to doing it again.

fun in a minivan

Headed down 3900 South the other day I was stopped at the light on Highland Drive. Just as the light turned green, this guy in a Durango takes a right turn in front of me. I think I surprised him, I always drive the minivan hard on the gas, and I kept up with him.. He gave me this smile and thumbs up as I passed him. At first I was thinking "What is this guy doing?" then I realized, most people don't drive minivans like that.

Enjoy the eats

I've come to a conclusion. The gene that rules how well you administer guilt like my Jewish grandmother starts out quite recessive. As children, we don't give any guilt. As we become a teenager we can create some guilt, but not real well. As I get older, though, I realize that my grandmother wasn't well learned on how to put one on a guilt trip, her gene had just become more dominant. In fact it became so dominant, no other trait is perceived. Really, though, I have noticed this same gene getting more and more dominant in me. The moment after my wife accused me of being like my Jewish grandmother when I said "What do you think? I'm incompetent??"

Yes, it comes down to this, aside from the religious aspect of Judism, the Jewish trait gene is recessive at birth and slowly gains dominance as you get older....

We have found how much we really appreciate the interstate system in Salt Lake, specifically I-215 East side. Yesterday (Friday) a propane tanker overturned on the exit from I-80 westbound to I-215 Southbound (click on map) at about 2:00 in the afternoon. One of the tanks started leaking, and the UHP closed the route to I-215 from Foothill headed south. This cut off a major route from north of I-80 to the south part of Salt Lake Valley. So all the traffic had to re-route, and between 1300 East and Foothill there are only TWO routes that cross I-80, 1700 east and 2000 east. We live in East Milcreek, and both of us work in Research Park, so we travel 2000 east every day. The Friday night commute was the worst I have ever seen. What usually is 15 minute drive home from work turned into an hour and a half commute for Rae, and through re-routing and driving the neighborhood roads I was able to get home in about 40 minutes. The amount of traffic, going down 2000 East was amazing. It was even more than you see when the fireworks end at Sugarhouse Park.
So I have a renewed appreciation of Foothill Blvd and I-215, to those that travel I-215 regularly, thanks.