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Week of April 8, 2012 Google Earth File for this Episode Teachers, please tell us what you think about Globetracker's Mission by completing a short survey. We need your assessment of Globetracker's Mission's effectiveness to help us obtain grants. Take the survey here. Friday
We finally got a call last night from Louie. He left us a voicemail telling us to meet him at the capital of the state of Utah on Saturday at noon. He left us the name of the restaurant where we are to meet (inside the hotel), and his room number. Holy Idaho! We just arrived in the capital of Utah. Do you know what city is the capital? It is also the most populated city in the entire state of Utah. Take a look at the map and try to figure out where we are.
- Meri  Here is a picture we found of Utah!  Look at the beautiful picture we found of a waterfalls in Utah?
Map of Utah Friday Night
Have you ever heard of Salt Lake City? Salt Lake City’s map coordinates are 40°45?N 111°53?W. The city is about 1100 square miles. The average elevation of the city is above 4,000 feet about sea level. The city has a beautiful salt lake: the Great Salt Lake. Have you ever heard of that lake? The Great Salt Lake is separated from Salt Lake City by both mudflats and marchlands .
Another interesting fact about this area is that it is laid out on a grid plan . This means that most major streets run east-west or north-south. Addresses within this grid plan are all coordinates (very similar to longitude and latitude . We will see if we can find a map that shows you the grid plan layout. Are the streets where you live on a grid layout? The climate in this city is characterized as a steppe climate . They experience four seasons. Summer and winter are both long. The summers are hot and dry. The winters typically experience snow. Spring experiences the most rain. Salt Lake City receives about 16 inches of precipitation every year. Most snow is lake-effect snow. Do you remember what that is? - Geo  Salt Lake City at Night  Another nighttime shot of Salt Lake City  Here is a famous Mormon church that we saw earlier today in Salt Lake City, Isn't it beautiful?
Grid Map of Utah Saturday
Holy Idaho! Well today is the BIG day – finally time to meet Louie! We have to be at the hotel in about an hour. Uncle GT has flown here to meet us, and finally talk to Louie. We are taking a short trip to the Great Salt Lake now, before we head to the hotel. We will take pictures, don’t worry. We have attached a map to this blog entry. Check out the map and try to figure out what all other states border the state of Utah.
- Meri  The Great Salt Lake  Another picture of the Great Salt Lake  A shot of some beautiful flowers (and another Mormon church) that we saw out in Salt Lake City.
Map of Utah (and surrounding states) Sunday Night
Holy Idaho! What a day! We arrived at the hotel about 10 minutes before we were supposed to be there. We waited in the restaurant and just got some water and tortilla chips. After we waited (and waited) for nearly an hour, we got an email from Louie.
Email from Louie:
Email to Louie: - Meri  The state quarter (picture) that we sent to Louie. Tell Geo and Meri what to do:
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