Hi, I am a big fan of Utah. I went to and graduated from Utah State University in Logan, Utah, and my sophomore year, I transferred to the University of Utah, from January to the end of Spring Quarter 1980. I also took a ski class on Fridays at Alta, Utah. Then for the 1982-1983 Ski Season, I got to work up at Alta, and lived up on the mountain, they have employee housing. I remember they had so much snow that year, and after the season it got really warm and fast, and I heard about the flooding that you were talking about. The day after the season ended, Monday, May 1, 1983, it was not just snowing up at Alta as my manager was about to drive me to the airport, it was snowing in Salt Lake City as well. Utah State makes their own Ice Cream and chocolate and has campuses all over the state. They only had the one in Logan when I was there. They also have free bus service in Cache Valley, but the University's all electric shuttle buses to take you from campus to the dorms. Wish they had that when I was there in the 1979-1982. Salt Lake City also has their own planetarium, Trolley Square, and many awesome shops and malls, as well as a handy transit system that I used when I was working up at Alta on my days off. Now they have Trax, (using the cables that the trolleys used). I love Salt Lake City and Logan. I have also been on some trips to Canyonlands, and Timpanogas cave, and yes, saw the fault lines in that cave. Lake Bonneville was the name of that lake that covered SLC. It seems the Great Salt Lake is what is left of Lake Bonneville. I remember when we moved from Hamilton Air Force Base in Northern California to Denver Colorado, we passed the Great Salt Lake, and my mom was pointing out the piles of Salt from the lake, I was 8 years old at the time and this was in August of 1966. My dad had just retired from the Air Force and just hired on at United Air Lines, and Denver was where he trained for 3 months. After that, he got assigned to the 3 airports in the New York City area, (one of them was in NJ), I wished that he got transferred to Salt Lake City, we could have started skiing a whole lot sooner. I could have gotten in-state tuition at USU. I did at the U of U and did for the summer quarter of my Junior and Senior year at Utah State. But out of State tuition back then was still lower than in-state tuition is today. I have been to Temple Square various times, and I heard they are retrofitting it for earthquakes.
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That was some interesting trivia, Mike. Thanks for that one.👍
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Hi, I am a big fan of Utah. I went to and graduated from Utah State University in Logan, Utah, and my sophomore year, I transferred to the University of Utah, from January to the end of Spring Quarter 1980. I also took a ski class on Fridays at Alta, Utah. Then for the 1982-1983 Ski Season, I got to work up at Alta, and lived up on the mountain, they have employee housing. I remember they had so much snow that year, and after the season it got really warm and fast, and I heard about the flooding that you were talking about. The day after the season ended, Monday, May 1, 1983, it was not just snowing up at Alta as my manager was about to drive me to the airport, it was snowing in Salt Lake City as well. Utah State makes their own Ice Cream and chocolate and has campuses all over the state. They only had the one in Logan when I was there. They also have free bus service in Cache Valley, but the University's all electric shuttle buses to take you from campus to the dorms. Wish they had that when I was there in the 1979-1982.
Salt Lake City also has their own planetarium, Trolley Square, and many awesome shops and malls, as well as a handy transit system that I used when I was working up at Alta on my days off. Now they have Trax, (using the cables that the trolleys used). I love Salt Lake City and Logan. I have also been on some trips to Canyonlands, and Timpanogas cave, and yes, saw the fault lines in that cave. Lake Bonneville was the name of that lake that covered SLC. It seems the Great Salt Lake is what is left of Lake Bonneville. I remember when we moved from Hamilton Air Force Base in Northern California to Denver Colorado, we passed the Great Salt Lake, and my mom was pointing out the piles of Salt from the lake, I was 8 years old at the time and this was in August of 1966. My dad had just retired from the Air Force and just hired on at United Air Lines, and Denver was where he trained for 3 months. After that, he got assigned to the 3 airports in the New York City area, (one of them was in NJ), I wished that he got transferred to Salt Lake City, we could have started skiing a whole lot sooner. I could have gotten in-state tuition at USU. I did at the U of U and did for the summer quarter of my Junior and Senior year at Utah State. But out of State tuition back then was still lower than in-state tuition is today. I have been to Temple Square various times, and I heard they are retrofitting it for earthquakes.
Enjoyed reading your comment. I have one question. Go utes or go aggies?
He brings up the Walker Tower, but doesn't mention that when it opened it's doors in 1913 it was the tallest building west of the Mississippi River...
Thanks for the information.