Back home and it is still a beautiful place to visit. The KOA is way downtown past the fairgrounds and in a place which was pretty much a no-man’s-land when I was growing up. Now Salt Lake City has exploded and is one huge megalopolis from before the top of Parley’s Canyon clear past the airport. Such a change!
Years ago my dad started sleuthing through the old buildings at Fort Douglas. He found things like old playing cards, button, bottles and other discarded stuff. Because he wanted to preserve the Fort from the encroachment of the University of Utah, he started a museum detailing the history of the military in Utah and he worked hard to get many of the old historical buildings on the National Historic Register. Because of this, after his death, the military named the museum building in his honor. Outside there is a nice little park with various pieces of equipment like this howitzer that Mark was responsible for aiming during his stint in the army. The Post Chapel is where we were married so very long ago. It has been “updated” to include green carpeting and removal of the pews, and the original slate roof is gone, but it still stands! Next we are off to Southern Utah!