Utah

A Clydesdale can turn an ordinary farm stop into the kind of detour people remember before leaving the…

By Maren Solis · Sep 30

Retirement brochures love scenery. Monthly budgets are much less sentimental. In St. George, the red rock backdrop and…

By Tobias Fenn · Sep 29

There is a special kind of satisfaction in getting a huge plate without feeling punished by the check.…

By Maren Solis · Sep 29

A weekly grocery run gets serious the moment the cart starts filling faster than the budget allows. That…

By Tobias Fenn · Sep 29

A night in a mountain lodge can make even ordinary creaks seem mysterious. Silver Fork Lodge & Restaurant…

By Maren Solis · Sep 29

A missing cabinet handle can send you on a scavenger hunt through decades of design. Instead of staring…

By Tobias Fenn · Sep 28

Some dinners are spontaneous. Others deserve a calendar alert. This Salt Lake City spot falls into the second…

By Maren Solis · Sep 28

Retirement budgets rarely fail because of one giant expense. They get squeezed by the little monthly charges nobody…

By Tobias Fenn · Sep 28

Rattlesnakes are not lurking around every bend, but summer heat can put you in the same terrain. On…

By Maren Solis · Sep 28

Water is a very effective trail designer. Give it enough time, and suddenly you have waterfalls, carved rock,…

By Tobias Fenn · Sep 27

Creative hobbies have a funny habit of turning one quiet afternoon into six unfinished projects and a very…

By Maren Solis · Sep 27

History gets a lot more interesting when you can walk through the details instead of reading them off…

By Tobias Fenn · Sep 27

Neapolitan pizza feels especially satisfying when it appears where you least expect it. Between dinosaur stops, long highway…

By Maren Solis · Sep 27

Some art asks for silence and distance. This kind wants you wandering straight through the middle of it.…

By Tobias Fenn · Sep 26

Secondhand bookstores are wonderfully bad at respecting your schedule. You go in looking for one title, then twenty…

By Maren Solis · Sep 26

Pizza gets interesting the moment it stops trying to please everybody. Maybe the crust arrives blistered and chewy,…

By Tobias Fenn · Sep 26

Thrift shopping is at its best when you walk in for one thing and leave with a story.…

By Maren Solis · Sep 26

Retirement math changes fast when housing stops swallowing the biggest piece of the monthly budget. That is why…

By Tobias Fenn · Sep 25

Retirement gets more interesting when affordability does not require giving up the things that make a town useful.…

By Maren Solis · Sep 25

Apple desserts get serious the moment cold weather makes “just one bite” sound completely unrealistic. A bubbling crisp,…

By Tobias Fenn · Sep 25

Some staircases lead upstairs. This one was carved into a cliff because travelers once needed a way through…

By Maren Solis · Sep 25

The best antique hunts begin with no idea what you are looking for. A chair with odd legs,…

By Tobias Fenn · Sep 24

A cheap meal stops feeling ordinary when the plate arrives looking like it could feed two people. That…

By Maren Solis · Sep 24

Retirement gets expensive fast when every “small” monthly cost starts acting like it owns the place. That is…

By Tobias Fenn · Sep 24

Most fossil hunts sound like they require a permit, a toolkit, and the patience of a museum curator.…

By Maren Solis · Sep 24

Antique shopping gets interesting the moment you stop looking for something specific. One shelf might hold old kitchenware,…

By Tobias Fenn · Sep 23

Fabric shopping has its own version of time travel: you look at one bolt, then somehow an hour…

By Maren Solis · Sep 23

Fall weekends can start looking suspiciously like a subscription service once tickets, snacks, parking, and last-minute extras pile…

By Tobias Fenn · Sep 23

A tuft-eared squirrel is a surprisingly good reason to remember a mountain town. Around the ponderosa forests of…

By Maren Solis · Sep 23

Some road stops earn their importance after you realize the next useful one may be a long way…

By Tobias Fenn · Sep 22

Antique shopping is basically archaeology with price tags and better lighting. Behind storefronts and along small-town commercial strips,…

By Maren Solis · Sep 22

Antique shopping is basically archaeology with price tags and better lighting. Behind storefronts and along small-town commercial strips,…

By Tobias Fenn · Sep 22

A night out feels different when the sky becomes part of the entertainment. Lanterns rising after dark can…

By Maren Solis · Sep 22

Cooler September days make dessert feel like a reward instead of an impulse. When gluten is off the…

By Tobias Fenn · Sep 21

A bakery worth driving for should make the miles feel like part of the reward, not the price…

By Maren Solis · Sep 21

Desert mornings have a way of turning pancakes into something closer to a reward. After miles of open…

By Tobias Fenn · Sep 21

Not every memorable drive needs speed, distance, or a famous finish line. Sometimes the road itself becomes the…

By Maren Solis · Sep 21

Autumn gets a lot easier when the entertainment is already sitting in the orchard. South of Provo, one…

By Tobias Fenn · Sep 20

Some dinners feed you; others arrive with a storyline and dramatic lighting. In West Valley City, a burger…

By Maren Solis · Sep 20