‘cause Milt’s was closed

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DRIVE THREE HOURS FOR A BURGER

“Don’t have lunch here”, said Noah, the Ski School Director at Telluride, Colorado. “Go have a burger at Milt’s. You won’t regret it”. We had just finished a two-hour-long meeting at the cool, posh, (and criminally expensive) ski resort, and were in need of some carbs and protein. Given the circumstances, the offer – coming from a true local – resonated very well. “Sounds like a great idea,” we said, “where is Milt’s”?
“In Moab, Utah”, 213 Kilometers and some 3hrs drive away.
Being emotionally invested, we grabbed some overpriced energy bars from a nearby kiosk and hit the road.

What other choice did we have?

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The road to Zion

WENT TO MEET THREE PATRIARCHS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DESERT

I’m leaving Las Vegas. Driving on an endless, empty stretch of the Interstate 15 highway.  It’s 7am on a bright Sunday morning and I’m pretty much the only car around. My temples are pounding. A few cans of beer from yesterday’s Supercross races are still lodged in my head as I drive north away from Sin City, towards Zion.

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