Video: Bonneville Speed Week
Video: Bonneville Speed Week
Video: Bonneville Speed Week
It went by so fast that we almost missed the annual Bonneville Speed Week! Every year in late August, over 500 competitors gather at Utah’s Bonneville Salt Flats to test their own personal speed limits and try to break new records, competing in vehicles of all shapes and sizes. Speed demons have been traveling to…
Video: Helicopter Pilot Makes Bold Landing to Rescue Stranded Climbers
Video: Helicopter Pilot Makes Bold Landing to Rescue Stranded Climbers
Video: Helicopter Pilot Makes Bold Landing to Rescue Stranded Climbers
While most of us struggle to parallel park our cars, Terry Mercer, the helicopter pilot in the video above, is landing his ride on a jagged rock pinnacle in order to save injured climbers. Mercer is a pilot for the Utah Department of Public Safety and has a combined 34 years of flying experience, including…
Brew Pubs in Utah
Brew Pubs in Utah
Brew Pubs in Utah
It doesn’t completely surprise me when places like Philadelphia pop up on the map as being great places for brew pubs, but I was a bit taken aback by a recent New York Times article on Utah’s brewery scene. Utah hasn’t always been pub-friendly. The state has strict laws against alcohol, mainly due to its…
Utah’s Prehistoric Rock Art Threatened
Utah’s Prehistoric Rock Art Threatened
Utah’s Prehistoric Rock Art Threatened
Just a few miles from the town of Price in central Utah lies Nine Mile Canyon, home to the greatest concentration of rock art in the United States, according to the Bureau of Land Management. Though there are few facilities, adventurous visitors can drive the 78-mile Nine Mile Canyon Back Country Byway to see the…