We drove through Antelope Island which is in Salt Lake. The scenery here is beautiful and we loved seeing the bison.

We didn’t stay long since we wanted to reach Golden Spike National Historic Park in time for the demonstration run of their trains. Golden Spike commemorates the completion of the first transcontinental railroad across the United States. This is where the train tracks from the east met with the tracks from the west. It is named after the four final spikes which were made of gold and joined the tracks. We learned that the gold spikes were decorative only and were removed and replaced with regular spikes after the ceremony! The trains that are on display are replicas of the actual trains but were made to be as authentic as possible from the original engineering drafts.