UTAH: THE BEEHIVE STATE
BY CLAY
LARROY
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pleasure, it is important to plan your trip well before hand. Don't be afraid
to cash in your airline miles. Many travelers let their miles accumulate and
never bother using them. Reap the rewards of your traveling and spend the miles
you've earned! Miles have expiration dates, so be sure to use them before they
expire. Often you can use them on items other than travel, so check out your
options and get to spending. When you want to
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Utah Travel Guide
Phenomenal national parks, world-class skiing and a thriving
brewpub scene that belies the state's dry reputation: welcome to Utah.
The Beehive State's
national parks are a whirlwind of wind-carved canyons, chequerboard rock faces,
fragile rock arches and vermilion spires. You can climb sculpted sandstone at
Capitol Reef or barrel down Class V rapids in Canyonlands' Cataract Canyon. Weave
through Fiery Furnace's labyrinthine canyons at Arches or snap sunset at Bryce
Canyon as an army of hoodoos goes to sleep. Throw any fear of heights to one
side and hike the nerve-racking trail to Angels Landing for outstanding views
over Zion National Park.
Not enough for you? How
about tracking a stegosaurus (or at least its fossil) at Dinosaur National
Monument? Or take a drive along Heritage Highway 89 for a dose of classic
Americana. Unleash your inner cowboy and saddle up at a dude ranch for some cattle
wrangling. Then test your mountain-biking mettle on the legendary Slickrock
Trail in Moab.
Utah's adventures don't
stop when the snow falls. You can test the state's claim to have ‘the greatest
snow on earth' and launch yourself into vertiginous chutes at a world-renowned
line-up of ski resorts in the Wasatch Mountains, or arm yourself with peeps and
a shovel and hit the backcountry for untracked powder and rollercoaster tree
runs.
Grab a couple of days'
urban action in Salt Lake City. The Church of the Latter Day Saints might
spring to mind when you think of Utah's capital city, and the Salt Lake Temple
does dominate town. But Salt Lake is also home to state-of-the-art museums
(check out the super-modern Natural History Museum of Utah or The Leonardo for
starters), thriving student and LGBT communities, and packed pubs where you can
plot your next escapade.
Things
to see and do in Utah
Alpine Loop Scenic Byway
Drive the Alpine Loop
Scenic Byway for one of Utah's most popular summer drive destinations.
American West Heritage
Center
Tour the American West
Heritage Center (www.americanwestcenter.org), at the foot of the
Wellsville Mountains, which includes the Man and His Bread Museum and the
Ronald V Jensen Living Historical Farm, an authentic Mormon pioneer farm. Daily
activities here are performed exactly as they would have been in 1917. The
centre is currently a massive 65 hectares (160 acres) and intends to add
another 71 hectares (175 acres).
Dinosaur National Monument
Discover the Dinosaur
National Monument sprawled across eastern Utah and into Colorado. Pittsburgh
palaeontologist Earl Douglass began scouring the area for bones in 1908 and the
quarry he excavated lies at the west end of the park.
Flaming Gorge
National Recreation Area
The Flaming Gorge National
Recreation Area stretches from Ashley National Forest to the south Wyoming
desert, and boasts great fishing, boating and hiking.
Glen Canyon
National Recreation Area
Some of the many outdoor
activities available here are boating, fishing, swimming, backcountry hiking
and 4-wheel drive trips.
Great Salt Lake
The Great Salt Lake is the
largest lake west of the Mississippi River, and the second saltiest body of
water in the world, after the Dead Sea. It stretches 148km (92 miles) north to
south and is about 77km (48 miles) wide.
Jardine Juniper
Visit the 1,500-year-old
Jardine Juniper, the oldest juniper in the Rocky Mountains, 19km (12 miles)
from Logan in Logan Canyon, and a short hike from Wood Camp Campground.
Little Sahara Recreation
Area
See the Little Sahara
Recreation Area. It has more than 8,000 hectares (20,000 acres) of free-moving
sand dunes.
REFERENCE SITES:
In Utah, there are no bad
things in the water there. It's just smooth, really beautiful.
Steve Guttenberg
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