Chasing Gabby and Jono's Lucky in Love Route Through Salt Lake City
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Lucky in Love: Salt Lake City
Skydive over the valley, rev an engine at Utah Motorsports Campus, and end the day with a cold pint and a walk along the foothills. This is how Lucky in Love does Salt Lake City.
Gabby and Jono's stop in Salt Lake City leans into the city's split personality: high adrenaline one minute, laid back the next. Their route moves from a plane door thousands of feet up to a quiet trail along the base of the mountains, with a brewery and an unusual pyramid in between. It's a day built for people who want a little bit of everything, and it translates easily into a trip you can book and follow yourself.
Start With a Jump
The episode opens with tandem skydiving over the Salt Lake Valley, and it's worth the nerves. For a jump this close to the city, Skydive the Wasatch is a solid pick. It's about an hour south of downtown, with instructors who handle everything from the exit to the landing, and views of the Wasatch Front that stretch out in every direction once the parachute opens. Morning slots tend to have the calmest air, so an early booking is the move if the wind matters to you.
Refuel at Monsieur Crêpes
After the adrenaline wears off, Gabby and Jono swing by Monsieur Crêpes for something simple and satisfying. It's a small, unfussy stop, the kind of place that works whether you want a savory crepe to reset after a big morning or a sweet one just because you're on vacation. Either way, it's a good excuse to slow down before the next stretch of the day.
Utah Motorsports Campus sits just outside the city, with the Wasatch Range as a backdrop.
Get Loud at Utah Motorsports Campus
From there, the pace shifts again at Utah Motorsports Campus, a full racetrack complex outside the city where visitors can ride along, take driving instruction, or just watch cars move fast on a proper track. It's not a stop many travelers think to add to a Salt Lake itinerary, which is exactly what makes it a good one. The show treats it as a chance to try something out of the ordinary, and it plays that way in person too.
Wind Down at Squatters Brewery
Squatters has been part of Salt Lake City's beer scene for decades, and it's an easy place to land after a day that started in the sky and moved through a racetrack. The food menu covers the basics well, the beer list gives you plenty to compare, and the patio is a good spot to talk through everything that happened earlier in the day.
Walk It Off on the Bonneville Shoreline Trail
The next morning calls for something quieter. The Bonneville Shoreline Trail traces the old edge of a prehistoric lake along the base of the mountains, with sweeping views back over the valley and the city below. It's an easy trail to access from several points around town, which makes it simple to fit into a morning without much planning.
The Summum Pyramid is one of Salt Lake City's odder landmarks, tucked into a neighborhood a few minutes from downtown.
See the City's Strangest Landmark
Not far from the trail sits the Summum Pyramid, a building that looks like it belongs somewhere else entirely. It houses a private philosophical organization known for its unusual pyramid and its mummification practice, and while it's not open for casual tours, the exterior alone is worth the short detour for anyone curious about the odder corners of the city. A pass by East High School, familiar to anyone who grew up on early 2000s movies, rounds out the drive.
The Takeaway
Salt Lake City works because it lets you swing between extremes without much driving. A skydive, a racetrack, a brewery, a mountain trail, and one genuinely strange pyramid all sit within a short drive of each other, which is rare for a city this size. If their episode made you want to see it for yourself, the itinerary is built to be customized into a trip of seven to ten days. Book it and start planning your own version of the route.
Lucky in Love: Salt Lake City
Skydive over the valley, rev an engine at Utah Motorsports Campus, and end the day with a cold pint and a walk along the foothills. This is how Lucky in Love does Salt Lake City.
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