Salt Lake City, the Nebo Loop, and the Red Iguana…

Tough duty, folks, but somebody has to do it!

Susie and I are taking in the sights in Salt Lake City (including the State Capital and the Mormon Tabernacle), and after that we headed south for a ride on the famed Nebo Loop.

That Nebo Loop was something else.   We were up over 9,000 feet, with a super view of Mt. Nebo.   Folks, this is going to be a future RX3 ride!  When I saw these guys riding their KLRs up there, I knew what I wanted to be doing…

After running the Nebo Loop, we rolled back to SLC for dinner at the Red Iguana, the most popular Mexican restaurant in town.  I tried their red pippian (it’s pronounced pippy-ann), and it was possibly the best Mexican food I’ve ever had….

That dish you see above was super-tender chicken smothered in mole sauce, and it sure was good.  It was spicy without being overwhelming (just enough to make my bald spot sweat, a true barometer of fine cuisine if ever there was one), the taste was amazing, and I want to go there again.   The Red Iguana specializes in mole sauces, and for this one, they do something with ground sunflower seeds.   Trust me, it was awesome.   We’ll have dinner there again before we leave Utah; it’s the kind of restaurant you need to visit a few times to try several of their specialties.

And that’s it for now, folks.  Just 10 days until we start our epic RX3 road trip with the Chinese!