What’s fun to do in Utah besides national parks?

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Posted: 6/4/2023 8:39:22 PM EDT

Slowly making our way home from Arizona in a few days. Thinking of going to Zion, already visited arches and the salt flats.

but what else to do? We brought electric bikes, which were fun at the Grand Canyon.

Anything else cool in Utah for a couple of older fat folks?

Posted: 6/4/2023 8:41:21 PM EDT

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Rent a side by side out at Little Sahara sand dunes.

Posted: 6/4/2023 8:41:52 PM EDT

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Polygamy.

Posted: 6/4/2023 8:43:29 PM EDT

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State Capitol in SLC, stroll around Tabernacle grounds (they won't let you inside)..they'll strenuously try to convert you as well. I enjoyed seeing both.

Posted: 6/4/2023 8:46:08 PM EDT

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Posted: 6/4/2023 8:51:26 PM EDT

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John M. Browning Firearms Museum

Posted: 6/4/2023 8:51:43 PM EDT

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Ogden. Make your pilgrammage to the St. Browning Monument.

Visit the museum at the former train station. Four museums there (train, Browning Automobile Collection and Browning Firearms Museum, forgot the fourth). One of the train cars there is a WW II hospital car (contrast that to the one in the Civil War Museum of Medicine in Frederick, MD).

Utah is a pretty state. Four corners?

Posted: 6/4/2023 8:54:24 PM EDT

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Visit the MORR team in Hurricane.

Posted: 6/4/2023 8:56:54 PM EDT

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I flew from NC, fell out of a plane, got shitfaced drunk for a couple of days, flew back to NC and then fell out of a plane again.

That's all I got.

Posted: 6/4/2023 9:10:39 PM EDT

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The whole block and the temple are being renovated. Not sure how much there is to see right now.

Posted: 6/4/2023 9:10:56 PM EDT

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Hill Air Force Base museum

Posted: 6/4/2023 9:13:38 PM EDT

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Soaking.

Posted: 6/4/2023 9:17:13 PM EDT

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Soaking?
ETA:Fucking beat

Posted: 6/4/2023 9:20:20 PM EDT

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Clog the place up.

Posted: 6/4/2023 9:20:48 PM EDT

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Drive the famous RT12 from Escalante to Torrey. One of the top scenic roads in the country. Red rock canyon, wind through slick rock, over a razorback ridge with no guardrails and scant berms, through alpine meadows over Boulder Mountain. Lots of places where the horizon is a loooong way off. The town of Boulder was the last town in the 48 States to get year round mail delivery.

Posted: 6/4/2023 9:20:49 PM EDT

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Don't forget jump humping

Posted: 6/4/2023 9:22:47 PM EDT

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Easier to do than you may think.

Posted: 6/4/2023 9:23:32 PM EDT

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Park city is a nice day trip. Look around and see the ski jump exhibition.

Posted: 6/4/2023 9:24:05 PM EDT

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Lol, I was gonna go with this

Posted: 6/4/2023 9:25:56 PM EDT

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Would that involve the Provo Pusher?

Posted: 6/4/2023 9:26:37 PM EDT

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Browning museum

Posted: 6/4/2023 9:27:28 PM EDT

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Yep. Ride the bobsled, tube the ski jump hill, etc. We did it last year.

Posted: 6/4/2023 9:32:22 PM EDT

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Some great golf courses there if you’re so inclined.

Posted: 6/4/2023 9:34:57 PM EDT

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Canyonlands and Bryce.

Monument Valley and go back to Arizona from that direction.

Eat at the Swingin Steak in Mexican Hat on the way to Monument Valley.

Swinging Steak, Utah, Mexican Hat Lodge (Gerrie and Kees)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pK2gV9I205A

I hope they are still in business.

Posted: 6/4/2023 9:41:08 PM EDT

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Was glad I went?

But the collection was very underwhelming!

Hill AFB Air museum had a better selection of Browning machineguns, and is free!

Lagoon if your into theme parks.

In N Out

Posted: 6/4/2023 9:53:47 PM EDT

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Thanksgiving Point if you're up near the Provo/Orem/greater SLC area. Nice museums & parks.

Posted: 6/4/2023 9:54:54 PM EDT

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Soaking

Posted: 6/4/2023 9:55:21 PM EDT

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I will unfortunately have to voluntarily travel to utah for the raptor assault school over July 4 weekend

Posted: 6/4/2023 9:55:46 PM EDT

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Buy a dirt bike. Ride slick rock. Then go right over all that stuff the expensive jeeps struggle on.

Posted: 6/4/2023 9:58:28 PM EDT

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Streak naked through the Tabernacle Grounds.

Posted: 6/4/2023 10:00:04 PM EDT

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Party with Aimless.

But be aware, he doesn't wear pants. Sure caught me by surprise!

Posted: 6/4/2023 10:00:33 PM EDT

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"A fun activity that all your wives can enjoy!" -UT Dept of Tourism (Probably...)

Posted: 6/4/2023 10:00:42 PM EDT

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Mesa Verde in SW Colorado. You'll have to take a little walk down to the ruins, but it's worth it.

Posted: 6/4/2023 10:04:40 PM EDT

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The dinosaur museum at thanksgiving point is actually quite good and as a bonus, there’s Strap Tank Brewery across the freeway from it, next to cabelas.

Posted: 6/4/2023 10:12:40 PM EDT

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The Children's Museum there is top notch as well if you have younger kids.

See if you can get tickets to the Timpanogos Cave Tour.

Posted: 6/4/2023 10:13:30 PM EDT

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Soaking

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Posted: 6/4/2023 10:17:44 PM EDT

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Ogden has an air museum at Hill AFB and there is another small museum I’ve been to around St. George.

https://www.westernskywarbirds.org

Posted: 6/4/2023 10:26:47 PM EDT

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Landcruiser Heritage Museum in SLC

Posted: 6/4/2023 10:38:06 PM EDT

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Just the bow tie

Posted: 6/4/2023 10:47:55 PM EDT

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Dinosaur National Monument - It’s close to CO.

If you are interested in archeology, there are also a lot of petroglyphs and pictographs in the area. Some are harder to get to than others.

Have fun!

Posted: 6/4/2023 10:51:51 PM EDT

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+1. We really enjoyed Dinosaur national monument. Also, Ashley NF and Flaming Gorge were neat to see.

Posted: 6/4/2023 10:59:18 PM EDT

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Antelope island

Escalante

City creek mall if your in down town SLC.

Posted: 6/4/2023 11:03:54 PM EDT

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I hiked Mt Nebo.

Posted: 6/4/2023 11:04:20 PM EDT

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Hill AFB Museum
Browning Museum
Go to Kirkham Motorsports and buy a polished aluminum Cobra

Posted: 6/4/2023 11:06:14 PM EDT

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Antelope, but don’t plan on hiking, the bugs are horrendous this time of year. I’m right off the causeway FWIW.

Also, welcome to our beautiful state.

Posted: 6/4/2023 11:14:22 PM EDT

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Bang a penguin

Posted: 6/4/2023 11:15:14 PM EDT

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Dinosaur National park/monument was awesome.

Skinwalker ranch…although you can only really go to the front gate. We got yelled at by security over a loud speaker and told to leave immediately lol.

Flaming Gorge. Beautiful.

9 Mile Canyon. Interesting petroglyphs on the walls you can walk up to.