The Georgesters: Utah Trip Part Two

One of the days we were in Utah, we went down to Provo so we could visit our old stomping grounds. We visited campus and stopped by the Clyde. Ryan's picture is still up, so we got a picture in front of it.

Another day we went to This is the Place Heritage Park - another place we had never been before. Geez, you'd think we never actually lived in Utah.

There were a lot of buildings to tour and see how the pioneers lived when they first got to Utah. We did more outdoor stuff, since Paige and Lucas were not interested in holding still and not touching things. We rode the tram a lot.

They had a little petting zoo area with pony rides.

Paige didn't actually ride, she just posed for a picture. She liked the horse, though.

Lucas learned how to milk a cow.

They had a little ship to play on.

And an area to pan for gold. Lucas loved this, and found a few gold flakes, and was so excited he had found treasure.

Right before we headed home we took a little train ride.

We had a fun time, but it was really hot. That was kinda the theme for this trip. Later that day we went to Julie's pool to cool off and then had some barbecued brats for dinner after. Somehow I did not get a single picture of this, but we had fun and the food was delicious! Julie made roasted strawberries and buttermilk ice cream for dessert and it was AMAZING!

The next day we went to the Utah Olympic Park. We took a guided tour and it was actually way cooler than I thought it would be. We got in a van and got to drive around and see all the different tracks they have up there, up close, and learn about all the different sports and records and stuff. Here we are getting ready to try out the bobsled.

This was taken from the top of the Nordic ski jump track. It was a really steep hill and we held on extra tight to the kids for this part. It was really cool to see everything up so close, though.

And here's Paige and Lucas trying out the Luge sled.

There was a little museum area with info about skiing, and a poster to take silly pictures. Paige snuck in to Ryan's picture.

We had a pretty fun time.

We seemed to be pretty good at taking pictures while we were out doing things, but not so much of the stuff we did with family. I didn't take a single picture on the 4th of July. Oh well. On the 4th we decided it would be a good idea to go out to breakfast for pancakes and waffles, but so did the rest of Utah apparently. We had to wait a while, but we finally got some food. Next time I'll just get stuff ahead of time to make breakfast at home.

Later in the afternoon we went mini golfing, go karting, and we played laser tag. We left Paige behind to nap with grandma and grandpa, but we took Lucas along. He loved everything, especially shooting people in laser tag. Then we went to the Sandy city fireworks. Lucas and Paige stayed awake to watch them, but they were really sleepy. They were great fireworks and we had a nice close spot to watch from.

We tried to leave bright and early the next day, it was only sort of early, but we still got on the road in enough time to make it home all in one day. Here's Paige terrorizing the play room while we were packing up the car. She seriously sat in the play room keeping herself entertained for an hour while we finished getting everything together. She particularly loved dumping out really messy things.