Utah is known as the Beehive State. It's area is 84,899 sq. miles with a population of 1,908,000.Salt Lake City is the Capital, with a population of 165,800.

Mormon religious refugees settled along Great Salt Lake in 1847. Today Mormons make up 70% of Utah's population. Family values are strong, and the birthrate far exceeds that of the U.S. as a whole.
Manufacturing of aerospace equipment and computer software buoys the economy; former mainstays such as oil, gas, coal, and uranium remain depressed. Attracted by five national parks and Salt Lake City financial, retail, and transportation hub of the western Rockies and site of the 2002 Winter Olympics, 15 million visitors a year enjoy Utah's scenic diversity.

The U.S. government owns two-thirds of the land; conservationists and developers disagree over its use.

Text source: National Geographic Atlas of the World Revised Sixth Edition, 1995

This tour will be all about the state of Utah. I have visited that state several times & will tell you what I know about it. It is hot & dry but beautiful. Words can't describe it. There is Salt Lake City, The Great Salt Lake & The Salt Flats & all the Canyons; Moab where you can take a moon-light ride on the Colorado River & Lake Powell where you can rent house-boats or take a boat ride & see some of the most spectacular scenery.There are also rafting trips which I wanted to take but could not convince my husband to take.In later years when we were too old he often said he wished I would of talked him into taking one we did take that moonlight boat ride on the Colorado River.They had music playing as we traveled & a large spot-light shinning against the top edge of the cliffs & we were supposed to imagine what they looked like. It was fun

Each May & Sept. my husband would tell me to make out an itinerary. He loved to drive, so he was the pilot & I was the navigator. I'd read the maps & watch for road signs. I watched a lot of travel-logs & documentaries on tv & anyplace interesting I'd make plans to go there. He is gone now & I am too old (81 Now 84 I don`t know where the years went) to travel anymore. So I surf the web.

Pack your bags & travel with me.Those from East can take Interstate 80 or 70 or take 40 which was the old route 66 (that was the route my kids & I took back in 1950 there were some hairy turns at that time.) Then take Interstate 15. From there you have to take side roads if you want to see the sights, so be sure to have a map. Those from the West I am sure know how to get there. If not, what are you waiting for?

Now I'll scan some pictures & show you what I am talking about.