GOLDEN SPIKE NATIONAL MOUNMENT

arrived in ogden late on sat got our rv all set up and tony and caroline dsaughter and family came over to the campground for a visit..they have recently moved here but tim has been working here for a couple of yrs or more..marci just moved when their daughter just graduated from HS and will now be going to college in salt lake city... so we had some tour guide with us today..forst started with breakfast here in the campground then it was on to the golden spike national monument...now if you recall from your us history it is where the last spike was driven into the rails for a train to go across country...most interesting there was some trains that were built like the ones that made the run on the tracks back then...they are operational and we got there just in time to listen to the ranger talk about the rails.. after that it was on to the an art thing called the spiral thing...it was done by some man who took rocks and built them in a spiral on the banks of salt lake..when the lake is high you can't see it but they water is very low so it is visible and you can go walk around it if you want...not sure what the art was or is but it was interesting..lots of pelicans in the lake as they feed on the brine shrimp that is in the water.. after that we went a few miles to the rocket display.. back to marci and tim's for dinner back to rig exhausted as another good day comes to a close...