Friday, January 22, 2010

Utah

Clark Planetarium
Salt Flats
Famington Bay Bird Refuge
Children’s Museum of Utah
Hansen Planetarium
Huntsman Center
Social Hall Heritage Museum
Hellenic Cultural Museum
International Peace Garden Festival (August)
Movies 10- SLC (13th E at I-80, $1 matinees)
Redwood Drive-In
Utah Museum of Fine Art
Rocky Mountain Grill
HQ of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (35 acres of themed gardens, free tours)
Conference Center (4-acre authentic prairie on roof, waterfall, view of city)
Quail Creek
Olympic Park (bobsled rides, alpine slide)
Silver Lake
Lake Powell (best for boating in fall)


Hanksville
Goblin Valley (rock formations)

Huntsville
Red Rock Ranch


?Thrifty Car Sales 702 S Main, SLC

Midway
The Crater (largest and deepest hot spring; travel thru 100 ft underground tunnel; warm-water scuba diving)

Murray
Willow Pond (for kids)
Utah Fun Dome (amusement park)
Marty Slack's Christmas Display (thousands of lighted decorations timed to holiday music)

Park City
Eating Establishment (Hungry Miner Breakfast, chicken fried steak)
Historic Miners Hospital
Factory Stores at Park City
Christmas on Main Street
The Grubstake (salad bar)
Easy Street Bakery (chocolate crunch torte)
Stillman Ranch (snowmobiling, restaurant)
Main Street Noodle and Pizza (gourmet pizza plus)

Promontory to Nevada border (old path of Central Pacific RR)

Roy
Burger Bar (burgers: the Ben--with bacon, double cheese w/ fry sauce, elk, buffalo, thick shakes--2 inches above cup, lime rickey--grape, lime and Sprite, fries--triple-fried (extra crispy), onion rings--w/ buttermilk; since 1956)3

Salt Lake City
Wingers (613 E 400 S)
Hatch Family Chocolates (164 E Kelsey Ave)
Anniversary Inn (sleep in covered wagon)
Bingham Canyon Mine (12-foot dump truck tire?)
Build-A-Bear Workshop (build a toy bear)
Moriarty’s Antiques and Curiosities (959 S W Temple)
Utah Museum of Natural History
Ken Sanders Rare Books (268 S 200 E)
Utah Book and Magazine (327 S Main)
Glade’s Taffy Town (55 W 800 S) (tour working candy factory)
Cummings Chocolates (M-F 9-6; Sat 10-3)
Hogle Zoo
Walmart (3 West 1350)
TJ Maxx (M-Sat 9:30-9:30, Sun 12-6)
Hires
Little America
Trolley Square
Silver Fork Lodge (11332 Big Cottonwood)
Costume Comapny
Industrial Company
Schmidt Bakery
Millcreek Canyon Trail (Grandeur P)
Snelgrove/Dreyers (burnt almond fudge ice cream)
Swiss Swinging and Yodeling Festival (June)
Western Nut Factory
Girl Scouts of Utah Heritage Museum
Hellenic Cultural Mus (local Greek history)
Fort Douglas Military Mus
Moochie's (Philly cheesesteak, meatball sub, homemade marinara sauce, lasagna, eggplant parmigiana; sells pottery too)
Tarquaria
Lone Star

Samak
Willow Springs Trout Farm (for kids)

St George
Dinosaur Discovery Site, Johnson Farm
Ft Pierce Dinosaur Tracks
? for the Arts
Snow Canyon (Whiterocks Trail/Lava Flow Overlook)
Rosenbruch World Wildlife Museum


Snowbird
Cliff Spa (rooftop pool, view)


Torrey
Capitol Reef National Park (Waterpocket Fold, Historica Fruita Orchards: cherries, apricots, peaches and pears)
Cafe Diablo (trout)

Wendover
Peppermill Hotel


Firebirds
Jim’s Family Rest

Orem
Costco, Walmart, Ikea

Boondocks (mini golf)

Liberty Land Fun Ctr

American Fork
Walmart


Jensen
Dinosaur National Monument

Zion National Park (Checkerboard Mesa, the Subway)



Dinosaur National Park (Split Mtn boat ramp)

Arches National Park (Devil’s Garden Trail, Fiery Furnace)

Little Deschutes River (leisurely four-mile tube ride)

Springville
Neways Summer Concert Series
Art City Trolley Restaurant

Perry
Maddox Ranch House (Deluxe Dinner Plates)

Logan, Hyde Park, Smithfield Canal- tubing

Logan
Stokes National Center
Utah St University Museum of Anthropology


Provo
Provo River (rafting)
Bridal Veil Falls

Lake Powell
Aramark (houseboating)
Cathderal in the Desert
West Canyon
Face Canyon
Hulls Canyon (narrow)

Grand Staircase-Escalante Nat Mon- The Narrows (gorge)


Ogden
Eccles Dinosaur Park and Museum
Treehouse Children’s Museum
Hill Aerospace Museum

Heber City
Homestead Resort (Crater: tunnel to hot spring)

Canyonlands National Park (Chicken Corners Trail, Potash Road, Natural Bridges National Monument, Goblin Valley State Park)

Moab
Camelot Adventure Lodge (camel trek, next to Colorado River)
Dead Horse Point State Park (sandstone promontory)
Dan O’Leary Museum
Island in the Sky Museum
Hole N' the Rock (5000 square feet home carved into cliff)

Kanab
Best Friends Animal Sanctuary (tours, camping, volunteering for free)
Frontier Movie Town (Dutch oven dinners)

Kimble Junction (Parleys Canyon, Olympic Park)


Escalante
East Petrified Forest State Park

Cedar City
Utah Shakespearan Festival

Farmington
Lagoon Amusement Park

Alpine
Peppermint Place

Antelope Island State Park (Frary Park)

Vernal
National Historic Site Park Museum (14 life-size dinosaurs)

Midway
Heber Creeper (train ride)
Deer Creek Reservoir (beach, boating)
Jordanelle State Park (Rock Cliff National Center)

Green River
Gray, Labyrinth and Stillwater Canyons

Dead Horse State Park (pinnacles, buttes)

Escalante
Choprock Canyon (river, slot canyons, Fence Canyon, Anasazi stairways,
Neon Canyon)


Cove Fort
Cove Fort

Delta
Great Basin Museum
Topaz Museum (Japanese-American relocation center)
U-Dig Fossils

Fairfield
Camp Floyd/ Stagecoach Inn State Park and Museum

Eureka
Tintic Mining Museum

Lehi
John Hutchings Museum of Natural History (diverse collection)


Rentaltoys.com
UTForeclosed.com

Great Basin Mus

Spanish Fork
Walmart

Neways
Flying J Rest
Fantasy Acres Miniatures
Red Robin (Monster milkshake)
Nora Eccles Harrison Mus of Art
Treehouse Children’s Mus

exit 248
Walmart



Thanksgiving Point

Donner-Reed Pioneer Museum (discarded belongings)

Promontory Point (orchards)

Kaysville
Utah Botanical Garden

Hill Air Force Base
Hill Aerospace Museum

?
S & S Shortline Train Park and Museum

Green River
John Wesley Powell River Historic Museum


Tooele
Utah Firefighter’s Museum and Memorial

Wendover
Historic Wendover Airfield

Draper
Boondocks Fun Center

Thanksgiving Point
IMAX, Mus of Ancient Life

South Santaquin
The Barn (ice cream, fresh fruit)

St George
Fun Zone Family Fun Center
Children’s Place Outlet

Midvale, Provo, Riverdale- Sportsman’s Warehouse


Boating
Bear Lake Willard Bay
Flaming Gorge Strawberry Lake
Utah Lake Sand Hollow
Echo, East Canyon, Rockport, Pineview Quail Creek
Glen Canyon 96 canyons


?
Rainbow Bridge Nat Mon
Kolob Canyons (scenic drive)
Coral Pink Sand Dunes St Pk
Neways
Steak and Shake

Monument Valley
Goulding's Museum (local history)

Provo
Tilt
Francis Carriage Rides
Stars and Stripes
Bridal Veil Falls

Orem
Provo Canyon
Nickelcade

Walmart exit 248
Children’s Mus of Utah
The Point (Huntsman rest)
Hellenic Cultural Mus
HQ of Church (themed gardens)
Hatch Family Chocolate (hot chocolate, ice cream; 390 4th Ave)

?
Lee Metcalf Wildlife Refuge
Ninepipe Wildlife Ref
Goat Creek Wildlife Trail

Sp fork Walmart exit 259 sBike
Highland Drive


Great Basin Mus

Utah
Hidden Hollow (Parley’s Canyon)
Lake Park (pond)
Spring Creek (Mill Creek)
Creekside Park (Big Cottonwood Creek)
Spencer’s Pond (walk rim trail)
Family Center
Murray City Park (Little Cottonwood Creek)
Gardner Mill (pond with ducks)
Dimple Dell Regional Park (Dry Creek)
Draper Park (picnic tables, Willow Creek)
Jordan River Parkway (fishpond)
Butterfield Park (Rose Creek)

Alpine
Peppermint Place

Midway
Glockenspiel


Snowbird
Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort (Sunday brunches)

St George Public Library- Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid history on walls

Grafton, Ut
Smithsonian Butte Road Scenic Backway
Upper Calf Creek Falls Utah Rt 12

UT
Jones Hole Fish Hatchery

Fantasy Acres Miniatures
Treehouse Children’s Mus
Nora Eccles Harrison Mus of Art
Flying J Rest
Red Robin (monster milkshake)

SLC
The Scone Cutter
K2 Church

Alpine Slide
PC

Blanding/Kanab
John Atlantic Burr Ferry

Snowbasin UT
LA hotel

West Valley City, UT
Redwood Drive-In Theatre (ages 9 and under free)

SLC
Wienerschnitzel
Granato Italian Deli
Pioneer Theater
Training Table
Curtelli's (sp?) Bakery
Lone Star Taqueria (tacos: salmon, halibut, shark; carne adovada?,

Provo UT
Provo City Cemetery (television creator Philo Farnsworth's grave)

SLC
Red Iguana

Snowbird
Cliff Lodge (rooftop pool)

Canyon and National Park (over 2000 arches in area size of Philadelphia; Surprise Arch--discovered 30 yrs after being named a park; Needles; the Maze)

Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (Lake Powell)

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