Salt Lake...

Yesterday I got to shoot in an Aspen National Park-thingy with all these tall, boney white trees and soft little ferns..... It was totally mind-shockingly-beautiful. Matthew and I agree, sometimes we just can't help but feel like we're part of the Truman show.... the backdrops look cheap and painted. The people are all so out of place. We have a lot of inside jokes about how our show hires half-assed extras because we are so poor. 

While driving through Salt Lake, we noticed the street was full of hundreds of people camping in the road? Matt and I were intrigued! We asked a bunch of people sitting on sleeping bags "what's going on?" "What!? Pioneer Days Parade!? Don't you know!! One of the top ten parades in the nation!!!! You have to camp out to get a good spot." Hmmm.... everyone looked like they were having such fun! Grilling outdoors! Campfires on the sidewalk (don't ask how that was legal, who knows)! We drove to WalMart and bought some $4 pillows and $8 sleeping bags - parked the mustang - And slept in the park with hundreds of people.

Ha, now as for the parade... it was a MORMON parade! Celebrating the 1847 pioneers that traveled to Utah for the freedom of religion! The parade mostly consisted of floats with mermaids and cops on scooters. Also, clowns. Wayyyy too many clowns. 

Half dead from lack of sleep -
and half delirious from watching policemen on scooters
Matt and I packed up and left early.....