Guitar Hunting with Matt

One of the highlights of the last couple of weeks was a weekend visit by my good friend Matt Cooke. He arrived the Friday before Father's Day and stayed until the following Monday. He was able to fly into Salt Lake via Southwest Airlines and arrive several hours earlier than he had planned.

We grabbed a bite to eat in Layton and then headed north towards Logan. We stopped by the house, dropped off his stuff and then went on a walk up by the college. It was good to catch up on some of the happenings back in Ketchikan.

The next morning we hit the road around 8am bound for the Provo and Orem area. We spent the day in guitar hunting, which is a very nice way to spend a Saturday. By the time we got back up to Logan, we had covered about 270 miles.

A line of Taylors

The Guitar Czar, a nice little shop in eastern Salt Lake

Is that the guitar shop?

Waiting to see what fine instruments were inside

A very nice sounding Martin

So many nice guitars, so little money...

Hmmm...

Maybe not so much...

Nice, but not the right one...

Matt shows the Baden he had purchased just minutes before

On Father's Day, Matt and I went to church and then headed over to the Schallenbergers' for dinner and spent the rest of the afternoon there until the evening service. That went well and several of us headed over to a local restaurant afterwards.

Monday morning we went to the men's prayer meeting and then hit the road for Idaho Falls, ID. This was the closest spot that Horizon Air flies out of. Matt hadn't found the right guitar yet, but there was one guitar shop in Idaho Falls that we thought we'd take a look at before heading to the airport.

We arrived in Idaho Falls just before 10am and found the guitar shop just as they were opening the doors. After walking in, Matt saw the Badens, played a couple for about three minutes, and knew that he had found his guitar. Within 15 min he had purchased the guitar and we were on our way to the airport.

All in all quite a time. Thanks Matt!