We continued through Idaho before crossing into Utah and picking up the Interstate 15 which ran adjacent to the Great Salt Lake and took us into a much more urban environment than we had been used to as we approached our destination, Salt Lake City.
The city was founded in 1847 by a group of Mormon pioneers led by their prophet and leader, Brigham Young, who fled hostility and violence in the east and took a wagon train west in search of a suitable new location for themselves and their religion.
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Have Bag, Will Travel 
Nice post….
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Thank you.
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nice pictures! never been to mormon country ::)
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You haven’t missed much!
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ahh I figure that ::)
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Polygamy Porter… Our bookclub read a book about the Mormons once and our beer of choice for the evening was the Porter. Quite good as I recall. 🙂 –Curt
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I just wish that I had seen that beer.
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🙂 Or maybe six?
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