Antelope Island and the Shooting Star Saloon

Antelope Island and the Shooting Star Saloon

Wednesday we took a ride to an Island outside of Salt Lake called Antelope Island. Wasn’t anything real special but we did see a bunch of bison as they have a herd of over 500 of them. Besides that there was a ranch we visited that was established in 1848 that we checked out along with walking down the beach to the Salt Lake. So basically just kind of a nature day.

After that we took a ride to the town of Huntsville to a saloon someone recommended to us called the Shooting Star Saloon. We were told this is the oldest continually running bar east of the Mississippi but I’ll just go with in Utah. Either way it opened up in 1878 and it looks like it, lol. But in a good way. It still holds the same look and charm I imagine it did when it first opened. The place was decorated with lots of cool and unusual stuff including the head of a St. Bernard that died in 1957 and at the time held the Guiness book of world records as the largest St. Bernard recorded at 298 pounds. The menu is very small but we shared the Shooting Star burger which was 2 patties, a polish sausage, cheese and who knows what else was in there. It really was very good. Definitely on my recommend list.

Big boys
Big boys
Will someone please scratch my butt?
Ok, that’s close enough
Trail up one of the mountains we hiked up. You can the parking lot way in the distance. Makes it look like we hiked real far.
Beach on the Great Salt Lake
Great Salt Lake
Isn’t she cute
The original ranch house
Food storage cellar
This was their cold spring storage shed. Cold water from underground comes up and along with the evaporation keeps food cool. Early refrigeration.
Inside the refrigerator shed
Kitchen
Dining room
Dining room. Check out that old phonograph
Living room
One of the bedrooms
Bathroom, duh
An old rv. I think I’ll stick to our, thanks
Inside the rv
Farmer Jane, err, Jamie
Old combine equipment
Old combine equipment
The Shooting Star Saloon
The bar in the Shooting Star Saloon
The back room in the Shooting Star Saloon
One big dog
See, Jackalopes do exist!
The Star burger. Disgustingly good

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