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<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Next, we headed to and Eden, and drove by the cabin where Bill lived, and on to Huntsville where we stopped at the Shooting Star Saloon, claimed to be the oldest continuously-operating bar in the United States\u2014since 1879\u2014including through Prohibition. Apparently, the bar was owned at that time by a couple, who took turns going to jail for serving alcohol, but they kept the bar open anyway.<\/p>\n On the wall of the bar hangs the stuffed head of a St. Bernard, Buck. Buck was a world-record sized dog, weighing in at nearly 300 lb. When Buck died, his owner, a friend of John, the Shooting Star\u2019s owner, had his head mounted. The bartender told us that the man\u2019s wife would not allow him to hang it in the house, so John let him hang in the saloon, where it still hangs today.<\/p>\n After leaving the saloon, we headed down Ogden Canyon to Ogden, where Bill flew in and out of Hill AFB, and then headed back to the motel. \u00a0In spite of the fact that we stayed “local,” we drove nearly 200 miles that day!<\/p>\n Friday was our day to visit the area east of the Wasatch Mountains, where Bill lived 30 years ago.\u00a0 He described it as a jeep, a dog and living in a cabin in the mountains where he could snow ski … Continue reading <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n+1<\/span><\/a><\/div>0<\/span><\/a><\/div> <\/div>