Salt Lake City, Utah

The Great Salt Lake

We arrived in the Salt Lake area and were able to get into Hill AFB with no problems. The FAMCAMP is real nice and the sites are all level pads with full hook ups and no big trees to block the satellite. One of the advantages of staying in a FAMCAMP is access to the commissary and the BX. We spent a week in Salt Lake and really enjoyed it. We drove to the Salt Lake National Park and got to see the lake "up close and personal". The lake was down about 25-30 feet due to a drought they were having. One of the Rangers said we could probably walk across the lake and never get over knee deep since it was down so much.

Hill AFB FAMCAMP

Low Salt Lake We went into town to see the famous Mormon Church but you can't get into the church. It's only open twice a year and the only ones allowed inside are the high officials of the Mormon Church. We were able to see where the church services are held and televised and saw the large pipe organ.

Mormon Church Mormon Church Pipe Organ

The City of Salt Lake is really a pretty place and is remarkable clean. The streets are very wide and this dates back to when the Mormon's founded the city. The streets had to be wide enough so that an "eight up", which is a wagon pulled with eight horses, could turn around in the streets with no problems. The traffic signals are designed for the "seeing impaired". When the lights change you can hear a different bird call for each of the signals.