Orem---inclined planes of snowy rock inspiring fear and awe

Back in Utah. In the heartland of the state---Utah County, south of Salt Lake, over the hills, in the isolated valley around Utah lake.

Above, to the east, shining in the afternoon sun, are the peaks of the Wasatch Ranges, like a row of judging sentinels, craggy and draped with snow, looking down from against the blue sky.

My motel along the interstate (just "up the road" from the Aria in Vegas, as it happens) is flanked by not only the usual contingent of convenience stores, other chain lodging, and fast food, but also by an enormous sheet metal yard, a vinyl supplier, a timber frame construction specialist, and the two prominent home supply big boxes, facing across each other.

One cannot but be inspired to build something, maybe out of PVC.