While surfing the internet today, I came across a website announcing the ‘living’ Dead Sea. If the sea is called dead, how is it living? It’s called the Dead Sea because nothing lives in it. It’s said that the Dead Sea (“Yam Hamelakh — “The Salt Sea”) is the only place on the globe where […]
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Think of Utah, and you probably imagine either the Great Lakes or the ski slopes. In reality, the state of Utah is much more. The name “Utah” comes from the American Utah tribe and means “mountain people” according to 50states.com. People are often surprised that the federal government owns about 65 percent of the state’s […]
The best sleigh rides in Utah are an excellent reminder that there is lots more to check out in Utah than just the Great Salt Lake. More and more winter vacationers are opting to stray beyond their traditional vacation routes to Colorado or Wyoming and venture into the lesser known areas like Utah. These best […]
Since Mitt Romney became the GOP Presidential Nominee, if you didn’t already know that Salt Lake City, Utah hosted the 2002 Winter Olympics, you do now. Only knowing that fact and nothing else about Utah’s climate, it is pretty reasonable to conclude that Utah receives a high amount of precipitation each year. How else did […]