Just kiddin on the escape thing... Lots of nice folks, clean cities, low crime, great outdoors, etc. I was there 5 years and rode about every highway, byway, and back road in the state. It would be hard to argue that there's a more scenic state to ride in that Utah. (Except for West Virginia of course.) I about ran off the road many times going through Zion's canyon once because of the sensory overload of spectacular vistas. Here's a blast from the past photo of a much younger warbrown with his V-Max and the lovely Mrs. warbrown with her Kawi CSR 305 posing on the Alpine Loop of Mt. Timpanogas (off the beaten path between Salt Lake and Provo).
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