Tonight I took a hike up Ensign Peak, its just north of the Utah Capitol building. Really quick hike, basically straight uphill. This is where Bringham Young and his mormon pioneer friends decided they would make a city. They thought the great Salt Lake was the pacific ocean, but it was really a huge, lifeless (except for sea monkeys...) body of really salty water. The Great Salt Lake is to the right of me, behind that ridge that pokes up. Its a beautiful place to watch a sunset, as you can see! Tomorrow I start my first day at Kennecott Utah Copper, probably lots of riveting safety and new miner training. In other words, lots of "this is what happens when you don't look both ways" (and with 340 ton haul trucks running around, theres a good reason for that), "heres where you find so and so", "don't get on even a step ladder without the proper fall-protection-equipment", and hopefully coffee. Not that I'm a cynic, but safety is very important in mining! Anyways, I hope to have lots more pictures like this one this summer. Enjoy! Love you all!-Walter B.
