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Clark Historic Farm in Grantsville, Utah, is hosting the Honey Harvest Festival Oct 13th & 14th. The festival features a great market with fresh produce and lots of honey and honey products, plus there are tons of family activities. Simultaneously, the farm hosts the Sweet Fiddlin Festival.  So if you love bluegrass and old timey music, admission is free to both events. Go to clarkhistoricfarm.org for more info. Your Utah hosts Taylor Powers and Ethan Millard also talk about the upcoming Snowbird event, Chilibird.  It's a great fall chili festival that includes several top notch chili cooks in competition. They also feature an amateur competition that's open to the public.  Go to Snowbird.com for info  See our website for privacy information.

Your Utah hosts Taylor Powers and Ethan Millard highlight fall drives to get you up into the leaves.  Try Trappers Loop, Mirror Lake Highway, and Alpine Loop.  Pay close attention to conditions.  Things can change quickly at such a high elevation. Taylor also reviews some hot springs near Meadow, Utah.  They are open to the public, but are on private land. So be kind.See our website for privacy information.

Your Utah hosts Taylor Powers and Ethan Millard noticed the South Town Expo Center was hosting two very different events on the same weekend. The first is Utah Paranormal Expo.  It's this weekend, October 7th.  It features all kind of paranormal issues including ufos, ghosts, psychics, bigfoot, aliens, zombies, and witches. Also this weekend is Mountain Gravity Expo. This is dedicated to extreme sports.  Specifically, they try to teach people how to enjoy outdoor sports in a safe way.See our website for privacy information.

Your Utah hosts Taylor Powers and Ethan Millard talk about the changes to the 9th and 9th neighborhood.  It's come a long way. They also talk about an amazing scenic drive in Southern Utah that takes you through some beautiful Joshua Trees.See our website for privacy information.

Utah has a few places where Kokanee Salmon Spawn Your Utah host Ethan Millard visited the event at Strawberry Reservoir. Host Taylor Powers gives a preview of Salt Lake ComiconSee our website for privacy information.

Your Utah host Taylor Powers has fallen for Strawberry reservoir.  The reservoir is known for great fishing, but there are other uses as well. Ethan Millard, in the meantime, talks about Sand Hollow reservoir and the great four wheeling that you can do nearby.See our website for privacy information.

Your Utah hosts Taylor Powers and Ethan Millard talk about a cool thing you can do at Snow Canyon State Park:  Hike the lava tubes. They're caverns carved by the flow of lava.  The best part is how much cooler they are inside than up on the desert floor. Taylor also highly recommends camping and mountain biking in the Vernal area.  Most people think of Dinosaurs.  Add biking to the list.See our website for privacy information.

Hit up downtown Salt Lake City for the Salt Lake Greek Festival Sept 8- 10 and then one week later for the Festa Italiana Sept 16 & 17. The Greek Festival is the granddaddy of cultural festivals in Utah, and the Festa Italiana is doing pasta & pizza eating competitions.  Try them both! See our website for privacy information.

Your Utah hosts Taylor Powers and Ethan Millard talk about the amazing sheepdogs of the Soldier Hollow Classic.  This cool event is for the whole family and features lots of food and activities. Ethan reviews his first trip into the Henry Mountains.  One of the vehicles busted a radiator so it was cut short.  Remember to be prepared because that's a remote area.  See our website for privacy information.

Your Utah hosts Taylor Powers and Ethan Millard do a whole episode on one of America's great mountain resorts, Deer Valley. Taylor covers the mountain biking, of which there is a great variety.  You take the lift up and there are lots of great downhill trails to enjoy. Ethan talks about the concerts at Snowpark Amphitheater and shares two important tips if you want to attend one of the great shows.  A few options include Deer Valley Music Festival, and St. Regis Big Stars Bright Nights Concert Series.See our website for privacy information.

Your Utah hosts Taylor Powers and Ethan Millard talk about the upcoming opening of the Utah Museum of Fine Art, which Ethan confuses with the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art.  It was very embarrassing. They also talk about the old mining town of Ophir, Utah.  Located in the mountains above Tooele, it's a really cool little spot where you can enjoy some cool Utah mining history.    See our website for privacy information.

Your Utah hosts Taylor Powers and Ethan Millard talk about the danger of altitude sickness in Utah.  Even at popular ski resorts, altitude sickness symptoms can turn a beautiful day in the mountains into a total nightmare. Plus, Taylor talks about City Creek Canyon, a beautiful wild spot right next to downtown Salt Lake City.  It's close, but it makes you feel like you've gone far away.See our website for privacy information.

Craft Lake City is an awesome DIY/ maker event that is as inspiring as it is fun. Definitely take your children and let them experience the creativity and innovation that drives our society. It runs August 11,12,13 at Gallivan Center.  You'll find things to make and build, as well as great shopping and food. Go to CraftLakeCity.com for more information. Another great event coming up is Salt Lake City's Yappy Hour.  Yappy Hour is hosted by Salt Lake City and Gallivan Center Events and held monthly.  They put up an off leash play are for dogs, then entertain and feed the humans.  The event is free, but you have to pay for the food. The next event is August 14, 2017 6-9 pm at Pioneer Park.  Expect to see Tony Holiday and the Velvetones, Marquesas Corn Dogs, La Salsita Grill, Daily Rise Expresso.    See our website for privacy information.

The Tour Of Utah is one of the biggest annual events in Utah.  Elite cyclists from all over the world to try what's recognized as one of the worlds most beautiful- and challenging- stage races. Your Utah hosts Taylor Powers & Ethan Millard review this year's tour. Ethan saw the final two stages.  He picked a spot with his kids at the base of Little Cottonwood Canyon for Stage 6 and at the corner of South Temple and State Street for Stage 7. Taylor reviewed a hike she did at Park City.  Armstrong trail is accessible from central Park City and is well shaded and beautiful.  It's near Silver Star Cafe so you have a place to grab a snack and relax after the hike.See our website for privacy information.

This weekend, the Tour Of Utah holds two stages in the Salt Lake Valley. Saturday's race ends at Snowbird, after travelling all the way from Heber. Sunday's race is a circuit around Downtown Salt Lake.  The cyclists will lap the city 11 times. It's always free to hang out along the course and cheer the riders as they pass.  See our website for privacy information.

Go to Greatsaltlakefringe.org for info on Your Utah host Taylor Power's pick for this episode. The Fringe festival brings artists of all disciplines together in Sugarhouse. Ethan Millard took his kids out to see the old ghost town of Delle, Utah. They were wanting to see something spooky and abandoned and this fit the bill perfectly.See our website for privacy information.

Your Utah host Taylor Powers finally had a chance to visit the famous Living Room in the foothills above Salt Lake City's University neighborhood. The trail is short and well traveled, and it takes you to a series of locations where large stones have been arranged into pieces of furniture.  The view of the valley is awesome. Ethan Millard took a trip to Smith & Morehouse reservoir.  It's  a small lake near the top of the Weber River.  The water is cold and the view is spectacular.  It really is  a mountain lake. There is camping and fishing.  Wake rules are enforced so there are mostly canoes and paddleboards.  See our website for privacy information.

Every Friday night at dusk, Snowbird screens a free family movie. The films are projected on the side of the tram house and you're welcome to bring coolers and lawn chairs.  Remember your jacket. Here are the remaining dates in the series. July 21- Moana (Walt Disney_ July 28- The Sandlot August 4- Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them Your Utah hosts Taylor Powers and Ethan Millard also talk about Ferguson Canyon, a little known hiking and climbing spot near Big Cottonwood Canyon.  It's beautiful but vandals have been up there ruining it. The canyon is part of Uinta- Wasatch- Cache national Forest and dogs are allowed (on leash only) The trail head can be found at the top of Cottonwood Heights. See our website for privacy information.

Host Ethan Millard took his kids to Loveland Living Planet Aquarium and was really surprised at how comprehensive and fun the experience was. There is an area to actually touch sea life and really great exhibit on Utah lake stream habitat. The aquarium is in Draper, with good visibility from I-15.  Look for the building that has a shark fin out front. Learn more at TheLivingPlanet.com Host Taylor Powers took some friends to the Park Silly Sunday Market. She was impressed by the variety of activities and the community feel. There is lots for kids to do and there were many local farmers selling fresh produce. Check it out at ParkSillySundayMarket.comSee our website for privacy information.

Host Taylor Powers reviews her experience floating the Weber River.   Her trip was guided by Barefoot Tubing, though there are several outfits that will provide you with tubes, life jackets, and shuttle your group  to and from the river. Ethan Millard provides some new information on the famous Mirror Lake.  High up in the Uinta Mountains, Mirror Lake is cold year round and amazingly beautiful. There are established campsites that can be used for a fee.  There is also a fee for day use.  The lake is open to non motorized watercraft and fishing.  See our website for privacy information.