{"id":1126,"date":"2009-01-28T03:43:18","date_gmt":"2009-01-28T08:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/?p=1126"},"modified":"2023-03-21T00:50:28","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T05:50:28","slug":"logan-ut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/2009\/01\/28\/logan-ut\/","title":{"rendered":"Logan, UT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After recording in Idaho a couple posts ago, the next day found me leaving Mountain Home,<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3672.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox[album]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3672-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"This is the one that puts the &quot;Mountain&quot; in &quot;Mountain Home&quot;.\" title=\"This is the one that puts the &quot;Mountain&quot; in &quot;Mountain Home&quot;.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1127\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3672-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3672-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3672-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3672-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3672-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3672-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>hopping on the highway,<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3673.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox[album]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3673-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"This road is what puts the &quot;ghwa&quot; in &quot;highway&quot;.\" title=\"This road is what puts the &quot;ghwa&quot; in &quot;highway&quot;.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3673-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3673-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3673-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3673-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3673-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3673-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>and proceeding towards Utah, which happened to be a scenic drive to rival all scenic drives.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3674.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox[album]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3674-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"A scenic scene.\" title=\"A scenic scene.\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1129\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3675.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox[album]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3675-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"A scenic scene, obstacled by a bridge.\" title=\"A scenic scene, obstacled by a bridge.\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1130\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3676.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox[album]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3676-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"A place where, hypothetically, deer and antelope play.\" title=\"A place where, hypothetically, deer and antelope play.\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1131\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3679.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox[album]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3679-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"This is a glorious &quot;essence of road trip&quot; type shot.\" title=\"This is a glorious &quot;essence of road trip&quot; type shot.\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1132\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3680.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox[album]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3680-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"The bug splatters became pretty intense on my way out of Idaho.\" title=\"The bug splatters became pretty intense on my way out of Idaho.\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1133\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3681.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox[album]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3681-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Man!  Being a good old Nebraska boy, these images never get old for me.\" title=\"Man!  Being a good old Nebraska boy, these images never get old for me.\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1134\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Soon I was entering the part of Idaho known as &#8220;The Super Scenic Part That&#8217;s Even More Scenic Than the Previous Part.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3682.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox[album]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3682-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Near all the livestock, the bug splatters took on a distinctly bloody color.  I want a steak right now.\" title=\"Near all the livestock, the bug splatters took on a distinctly bloody color.  I want a steak right now.\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1135\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3684.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox[album]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3684-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"A lesson in singular perspective.  Lines converge towards a single vanishing point, colors become faded with distance.\" title=\"A lesson in singular perspective.  Lines converge towards a single vanishing point, colors become faded with distance.\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1136\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3685.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1137\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3685-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"If I were a cow I would consider this the good life.\" title=\"If I were a cow I would consider this the good life.\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1137\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3686.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox[album]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3686-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Idaho: drive-thru safari?\" title=\"Idaho: drive-thru safari?\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1138\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Soon after that, I was crossing over into the part of the U.S. known as &#8220;Mormonland.&#8221;  On maps, however, it is called &#8220;Utah.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3687.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox[album]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3687-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"The sign says &quot;Logan.&quot;  That's where I'm going.\" title=\"The sign says &quot;Logan.&quot;  That's where I'm going.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3687-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3687-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3687-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3687-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3687-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3687-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These scenic scenes are nice, although you probably photoshopped them all,&#8221; says Mr. Yerfulovit in his customary growl.  &#8220;But you still haven&#8217;t answered my question.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>That question being&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What&#8217;s in Logan?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Well, I was originally intending to hit Salt Lake City, which is large and well-known.  However, the only people to reply to me in SLC were busy or nonresponsive, and someone had contacted me from Logan, so that&#8217;s why I went there.<\/p>\n<p>So, after entering Utah, I turned onto the highway headed down towards Logan,<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3688.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox[album]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3688-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Headed towards the valley wherein lies Logan.\" title=\"Headed towards the valley wherein lies Logan.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3688-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3688-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3688-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3688-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3688-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3688-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>whereupon I saw Logan stretched before me like a lion in the sun.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3690.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox[album]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3690-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Therrrrrrrre's Logan!\" title=\"Therrrrrrrre's Logan!\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3690-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3690-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3690-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3690-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3690-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3690-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A short drive later,<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3689.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox[album]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3689-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Glancing to the left.\" title=\"Glancing to the left.\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1141\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3691.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox[album]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3691-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Glancing to the left again.\" title=\"Glancing to the left again.\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1143\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I was in Logan, whereupon I met-<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What the deal, man?&#8221; interrupts the mob of teenagers.  &#8220;Why you all usin&#8217; that fancy English?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Why you barely using English, homeslice?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Whatevs, dawg.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Anyway.  In Logan, I met up with my contact and soon to be co-conspirator, Anthony Aronovici.  He had contacted me on Couchsurfing, mentioning that he could play some trombone, worked at a music store, and might have some other musical connections I could record.  Sounded like good business to me.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s good business,&#8221; I said to myself at the time.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Are you trying to coin new slang?&#8221; asks Attractive Girl, with that one-eyebrow-up look that she does.<\/p>\n<p>Stop asking that!  Every time you ask that you cast aspersions upon the authenticity of my neophrasology!<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Haha, good one,&#8221; she chuckles.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks.  So, back to Anthony.  I met up with Anthony and several of the happening peeps he lives with, including Kaelee Jensen.  Over the course of eating some delicious grilled cheese sandwiches, I explained the project in greater detail and discovered that a) Kaelee also plays the trumpet, and 2) Anthony is totally excited about teaching English in Korea.  Anthony was motivated to finish up some classes which would enable him to do just that.<\/p>\n<p>I, on the other hand, was motivated to record them both.  So Anthony, Kaelee, and I headed over to the music store where Anthony works and laid down some fine, upstanding horn tracks.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3694.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox[album]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3694-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Obelisk of Strength!  That may not sound anything like Tower of Power... but they did.\" title=\"Obelisk of Strength!  That may not sound anything like Tower of Power... but they did.\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1144\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3695.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox[album]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3695-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Actually, &quot;Obelisk of Strength&quot; sounds more like a prog rock band than a funk band.  They would do concept albums about ancient monuments.\" title=\"Actually, &quot;Obelisk of Strength&quot; sounds more like a prog rock band than a funk band.  They would do concept albums about ancient monuments.\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1145\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You may question my use of &#8220;fine, upstanding&#8221; to describe horn tracks, but I assure you these tracks, if they were citizens, would be the type that recycles, votes, and writes their local paper.  They did a great job.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3696.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox[album]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3696-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Thanks for playing, guys!\" title=\"Thanks for playing, guys!\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3696-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3696-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3696-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3696-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zachbardon.com\/tour\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3696-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>They also hosted me for the night, and barring the unfortunate incident of a roommate&#8217;s early, recurring (and apparantly ineffectual) alarm, my stay with them was nothing short of awesome.<\/p>\n<p>See you in Korea, Anthony!  Hope you get over here soon.<\/p>\n<p>NEXT: Either Fort Collins, CO or Carputer, Part II, depending on which gets done first.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After recording in Idaho a couple posts ago, the next day found me leaving Mountain Home, hopping on the highway, and proceeding towards Utah, which happened to be a scenic drive to rival all scenic drives. 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