Show Bi Bizarre arre hot spots haunt Utah Kyle Ford Globe Weekly News Lets Let's face it sometimes Salt Lake City is not the most happening town on the planet A lot of the time Utahn's find themselves sitting at a friends friend's house trying to figure out what to do in this town until they realize realize realize real real- ize its it's too late and they should just go home There has to be something interesting to do and there is Everybody hears stories about all of the cool places that are supposed tobe to tobe tobe be around this great city There are talks of Gravity Hill and other amazing yet odd wonders Lets Let's start with a decade ago it was called Everyone thinks it is a portion of the town where Hobbits can live in peace Actually it is a portion portion portion por por- por- por tion of town owned by a lady named Ruth Price and the people who live there just want to be left alone because they think that Big Brother is threatening there lives Anyone choosing to venture to this little haven of Hobbits should prepare to tobe tobe tobe be disappointed There will be no but experiencing it is just something ng you have to do Id be short enough to live there I could be with people more like me joked Cassandra Too bad its it's not real realor or isn't it Gravity Hill Things go up when they should be going down The point is that it is a place where the layout of the surrounding land produces the optical illusion that a very slight downhill slope is in fact an uphill slope Thus a car left out of gear will appear to be rolling uphill I remember remember remember ber I tried it once but a car came speeding up behind me and honked The Gravity Hill in Utah is just West of the Capital Well the first time I went down it I didn't do it right But now I think its it's so freaky Mallory Hill said My boyfriend thinks its lame but I get gel a kick out of it every time Its It's definitely definite definite- ly fun to do if youre you're downtown and bored And if youre you're really bored gocheck go gocheck gocheck check out Highway or as it used to be the sixth branch of Route 66 which therefore became Route There are stories down there of trucks appearing to be on fire driving down the road at top speed There are talks of Hellhounds that will tear your tires to shreds if you even think about stopping on the road Some have even rr l rr 5 CI en c r hP rl j c o The entrance to th the place many Utahn's have deemed is to prevent trespassers had unwanted visitors appearing in back seats a Native American called a skin walker Well that's kind of creepy Chaz I dont don't think I am ever going to drive at night again An activity that might be less exciting exciting exciting ing than hobbits and optical illusions is visiting Saltair A flamingo named P Pink Floyd escaped from the Tracy Aviary and now lives live by Saltair People like to go and see if they can sport Pink Floyd Royd amongst the brine shrimp There is a vast array of fun things to do on a Friday night in Utah I |