Weather is generally warm, average high is 83 degrees, nights run around 54. Thunderstorms are always a possibility but are not as vicious as the eastern US versions. Natives don’t bother with umbrellas or hats. 

 

We will have at least one bus tour, probably going out to the Salt Lake and then down to the “biggest hole on earth”, the Kennecott Copper Mine. There are lots of attractions in town, including “This is the Place” state monument,  http://www.thisistheplace.org/, where Brigham Young made his famous statement about where the Mormon pioneers would settle, and the stadium at University of Utah,  http://www.stadium.utah.edu/venue_facts/cauldron.html, where the 2002 Olympic opening and closing ceremonies were held. For music lovers in the family, The Mormon Tabernacle Choir holds weekly public rehearsals on Thursday evenings (8:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.) and Sunday mornings (8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.) across the street from the Plaza Hotel at the Tabernacle on Temple Square.

Getting out of town a little bit, Park City with it’s mountain scenery, ski resorts (no skiing in June but sightseeing available) and exotic micro-breweries is one possible side trip, as is the Air Museum  http://www.hill.af.mil/library/museum/ at Hill Air Force base and a birding trip to Antelope Island http://www.utah.com/stateparks/antelope_island.htm. Antelope island also gives the visitor a good idea of what pre-settlement Utah was like.

A little further away but still a one day trip, is the Golden Spike National Historic Site http://www.nps.gov/gosp/index.htm where the first 

transcontinental railroad finally joined up, creating a continuous railroad from the east coast to the west.