The Major

"The Major," described in press articles as America's largest free-flying flag, covers 1/4 acre and weighs 400 pounds.  Follow the Flag owns and displays it for Patriotic holidays.  It was hanging in Coldwater Canyon in Ogden, UT for Election Day and Veteran's Day, so we took a Saturday morning and drove up to check it out.

We didn't have a lot of time because we had to get home in time for Jack and Eliza to play for the duet festival but I was sure this flag was big enough that we'd be able to at least see it after 45-60 minutes of hiking.

The first few pictures here are at a restored historic kiln that was used to produce

lime for pioneer-era construction in Ogden.  It is right at the trailhead parking lot.

Well, we didn't.  And after much discussion with my aunt who lives in the area, we discovered that there are two Coldwater Caynons in that area, and we'd gone to the wrong one.

Back at the trailhead, after we couldn't find the flag.

So we drove to the right one, risking J&E being late to the festival, but hoping that everything would work out if we could just get a glimpse of the flag and take a quick picture.  It would have been fun to get closer to the flag and get a better appreciation for its size, but in the end, it was fine.  The kids made it back just in time to get to their piano performance and it ended up being quite the adventure.