Lagoon Trail in Layton

We used one of the last nice weather days this year to follow the trail behind the Lagoon Amusement Park. Lagoon opened on the shores of the Great Salt Lake in 1886. The park was later moved next to a nine acre pond in Farmington that gave it the name, Lagoon. 

The trail was easy to find using GPS but there was a problem with parking. There is a small street by the south entrance but the neighbors don't allow parking there. We parked two blocks away at Farmington Junior High. 

The trail is paved and shady. It's 2.1 miles long but we only traversed the Lagoon section of the trail. 

The trail seems to end at 600 North but it continues on to Farmington Pond Lake. Next time we will park near the pond and follow the trail south. It was a beautiful fall day. The foliage on the mountains has already changed but the trees by the trail were still green. 

The trail is well marked and easy to follow. There are many people skating, biking and using scooters. We saw people with dogs but they cleaned up after their pets so that was no problem. 

Entering from the south and going north, we saw some of the Lagoon zoo animals off to our left almost as soon as we started on the trail.

There were some friendly horses opposite of the zoo and one of them tried to eat the sleeve of my jacket. 

I had surgery on my eyelids and you can still see the bruises here. 

I was intrigued with a log cabin next to the middle school. It has a cement foundation so it's not ancient but still interesting. There could be an architecture tour of the homes in this area as they are diverse and some are old.  

The trail was built by Lagoon for maintenance purposes so you might see one of their vehicles. We didn't see any but we did see some of the old parts of the park. 

The trail has been in use for a long time.There are a few old houses and old trees on the path.

Near the end of the Lagoon section of the park there is a covered bridge. There are three more bridges if you continue on the path and follow the section that runs next to the creek. We saw a little of the creek. 

A nice person on the trail took our picture for us. 

There are no restrooms on the south end of the trail but I am certain there is at least one at Farmington Pond Lake at the north end of the trail. 

Wheeler Farm

Wheeler Farm has a farmer's market on Sundays from 9 to 2 running from June to October. There's a big crowd every week so we grabbed the first parking place we saw. After navigating all the parking lots, we saw three empty handicapped spots right next to the Activity Barn. We should have parked there. That's much better than trying to squeeze in on the grassy area. 

I expected the market to be mostly agricultural products but it was mostly other things. There was a couple playing music among all the "shops". 

It was smoky today so Bill wore his face mask.

  

This is a portable pizza oven!

Most of the things I remember from the last time I visited in about 1995 are still there. You can milk a cow if you sign up ahead of time. There are other farm animals that seem to be well cared for but you could get much closer to them in the old days.   

I brought some corn to feed the ducks. 

We were unhappy with the pathways. They are obviously meant to be an improvement over the dirt pathways that they replaced. However, they are bumpy for people in chairs and scooters! Plus, the transitions between the dirt and the paved part are not smooth. Bill didn't go into some areas because there was too much of a drop off. 

I recognized the old Wheeler family house but the grounds are so much nicer than they were. I took several tours of that house with the scouts. Mostly I remember the deprivations the family suffered and that none of the children wanted to stay and carry on the farming.

These are the outbuildings that I remember, starting with the outhouse.

There is a beautiful new climbing structure for children.

There are several tree trunks that have been carved into fanciful shapes. 

Lastly, we came upon a man with goats who let us pet and feed them. 

I checked and there are handicapped accessible restrooms. 

All in all, it was a wonderful morning.