Salt Lake City Day 4 and 5

Sorry for the delay on the chronicles of my Salt Lake Journey.
The following is the account of Day 4 & 5. Enjoy.

1-1
The New Year dawned as we slept through its first morning.
Arising to fresh coffee and great friends conversing around a room
Provided the first great moment of 2011.
Dakota's Mom, and ours for the trip,
Was gracious enough to fix us a "Christmas Breakfast."
Her cooking filled our stomachs
But her hospitality filled our hearts.
Satisfied from the enormity of eating,
All that was left was to watch a movie: Grown Ups. or was it Mall Cop?
Well, I don't remember.
"Grown-Ups" would be a perfect description of who we were:
Escaping life to mourn a death.
A time was dying, but this trip memorialized it.
"Mall-Cop" characterized the youthful passion
Retained as we fought the evil of the world.
Ok, maybe not.
But as the movie concluded, so did our morning.
Skipping lunch, we prepared to depart for the mountain.
Sonja and I decided to skip the slopes and lounge in the Lodge.
A decision i thought i would regret,
But thoroughly enjoyed.
And we had the largest serving of nachos ever created by man.
It must have been an entire bag of everything.
Dakota and Jordan enjoyed adventure time
And joined us for a break from the blistering cold.
We descended the chilly mountain face
To a bowl of thawing chili.
Concluding the night, we met two great friends for drinks at the Bayou.
A place that seemed to have little Cajun flare
But made up for it by housing our friends for a few hours.
I always enjoy hanging out with Jared and Julie Marling.
And i wish we could hang out more.
Nonetheless, this was a great night.
And a great conclusion to 1-1-11.

1-2
On Day 5 of our vacation
We still had not experienced a morning in 2011.
Instead, we rested and ate breakfast at In and Out Burger.
This day was a very different experience
Than any other on our trip.
Why? Because everything is closed on Sundays.
Corporate chains, private businesses, and the like
Lock their doors and rest.
The antonym of New York City.
But we managed to find a trendy coffeehouse entitled:
The Green House Effect.

And it didn't follow the culture.
It was open on Sunday
And made of recycled material.
After coffee, we got coffee.
You may be wondering:
If the whole city closes, why are coffee shops open?
Mormons don't drink caffeine. Soooo, yeah.
After coffee #2, we went to church.
Missio Dei (Mission of God),
A community oriented, informal, young
Church plant refueled my passion for the church,
A theme that unfortunately repeated itself.
More on that later.
Our day of rest (although different than the Mormon concept)
Gave way to a night spent at the Kildoo's
Eating enchiladas and playing games.
An experience that has become a routine at Afton.
A nice taste of the familiar to compliment the foreign
And prepare me for another day of doing.