One of our favorite hikes is so close to Salt Lake you can do it anytime. Elephant Rock is a 6.8 mile moderately trafficked out & back trail located in the foothills of Bountiful, Utah. DO NOT LET THE LENGTH SCARE YOU. The beginning of the hike is a little steep but once you make…
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LET’S GET HIKING – UTAH STYLE
In case you didn’t know Utah has MOUNTAINS! I don’t mean hills or little mounds, I mean BIG mountains with substantial elevation. The Wasatch Front is a mountain range that runs across north central Utah. Salt Lake City is at the center but the exact distance that it runs is not always agreed upon. For…
Utah’s Great Ghost Town-Grafton
One of the best movies of all time – Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid – was filmed in Utah. Yes, remember the bicycle scene as well as the knife fight? Well those were filmed in Grafton. Download the movie and have the family watch it on your way to Southern Utah, then take the detour to Grafton…
No Bugs = Antelope Island in the Winter
Many of you, even the ones who live in Salt Lake City, have never been to the Great Salt Lake. That is just crazy! Some of the excuses given are that it is stinky, it is desolate and it has lots of bugs. Well sometimes that is true but it still shouldn’t stop you from…