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| New Batteries 80lbs each |
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| Pulling the first 3 batteries |
We purchased 6 batteries, pulled around to the back side of the store and in 2 hours, Deane had the old 6 pulled out and new ones installed. So nice to be married to someone who knows how to do that and can lift batteries that weight 80lbs a piece.
We spent the night and next day in St. George and visited the Rosenbruch Museum which is advertised as 5th largest natural history museum in the US.It's interesting when you visit a museum that has animals on display because of taxidermy, you don't think to much of how they got there. But this museum makes it very clear the owners were responsible for many of the animals on display and the others were obtained from other hunters. The self guided tour through out explains how the museum obtains funds from hunting fees and licenses.
Heading further north the next day, and having a day or two to kill before we were suppose to pull into Charlies, we found a small RV park to stay in and headed out to see the sights around Ogden Utah..
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| Bison herd |
Antelope Island, the largest of the 10 islands in the Great Salt Lake, was our first visit of the day. Now a Utah State Park, the first non natives to visit the island was Kit Carson and John Fremont who gave the name to the island because of the great number of Antelope they saw. In early days, the island was used for farming and grazing cattle and sheep. In 1969 the state purchased the northern part of the island and in 1981, purchased the remainder of the land and removed the cattle and sheep.  |
| Causeway |
To get to the island, you travel a 7 mile causeway. Although no Antelope are on the island today, large herds of bison roam the island, bighorn sheep, coyotes, bobcats and more call the island home.It is also home to the Fielding Garr Ranch, which has the oldest Anglo building still standing in its original location in Utah. The ranch today is used as a historical demonstration ranch.
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| Demonstration of Making wool yarn |
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| Tabernacle Pipe Organ |
Tabernacle that evening.
Everything was in bloom around the Square, and the grounds are beautiful. The Tabernacle is most impressive and the acoustics incredible.
Because the beautiful pipe organ is a Mormon Trademark, pictures are not allowed when there is any person seated in any of the choir seats. We were allowed to take as many pictures as we liked before the choirs came out.
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| Temple |
Next day we headed out to visit Golden Spike National Park, where the final spike for the
started in Omaha Nebraska. Since the Civil Was was still going on, there was quite a debate where the Union Pacific would begin laying tracks.One of the stipulations made by the government was the tracks being laid could not exceed a 2% grade. Which, if you consider one had to go over the Sierra mountains and the other over the Rockies, was an impressive feat. The Central Pacific laid 690 miles of track and the Union Pacific 1086. Between the two, they crossed 1776 miles of desert, rivers, and mountains to connect East and West.
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| Exact replica of Central Pacific |
We finally made it to Charlies Service on Sunday to have our AC/heater fan replaced. While they were working on the problem on Monday, we drove to Hill AFB to tour the museum of planes. There were planes from the Wright Brothers, through WWII, Vietnam to current day. Very impressive place.
Finally, with all parts in and working, we headed for Spokane. First stop was going to be Butte Mt., but because this life is so 'flexible', we saw a sign for Lava Hot Springs in Idaho, a place we stayed a few years ago and decided to spend an afternoon and night relaxing in the natural natural hot springs of five pools ranging from about 103 to 112 degrees,