He's got a lot of incredible national parks to choose from in his downtime - Arches, Canyonlands, Capitol Reef, Bryce, Zion. Then there's the state parks and national monuments. Southern Utah is an embarrassment of natural riches.
Daughter lives in Park City so I'm somewhat knowledgeable, and biased. SLC, besides being home to the Tabernacle, is a VERY progressive town. Two universities, and a record of three Democratic mayors, one of whom was a lesbian. The whole area is very "outdoorsy", and as Off said, the Wasatch and the southern NP's are pretty cool. Oh, and skiing is world class with some of the best powder on the planet. I like Reno, but I could live in SLC/PC easy.
Now, as to his nonchalance, I too was amused at the "so what" body language, but he's now the 'old pro" and he's thinking there's alot more to come--I'm not gonna get excited. At least, that's what I took from it.