Salt Lake City

Dear Phoebe,

Thank you very much for having me in Salt Lake City. I had a very good time.

It was really fun rolling down the mountain in late Spring snow. Your boyfriend Steve was also a lot of laughs. A bit diversion from usual travel stuff patching him up a bit. His house renovating skills though are impressive.

It was also good gossiping about the various people we've known from a long time ago and hearing your perpective on the Mormon Church.

I have also spent more time birdwatching with you than almost any other non-birder apart from my long suffering family.

Hope to meet up again sometime. For more Mexican food. (I got more at Denver Airport! The black beans didn't give me as much gas as I thought for the long flight to London - you didn't really want to know that did you?).

And I'll tell Cameron and Rich (esp Knotty) to 'get his butt up there' soon as he's travelled around so much already. For the Best Snow in the World TM.

Keep in touch.

Smathi