Thursday, June 19, 2008
We spent today seeing the sites in Salt Lake City. This morning we drove to Olympic Park in Park City where the 2002 Winter Olympic Games were held. They have a cool museum about the winter olympics, athletes training, and some fun rides. All 5 of us took zipline rides that were very cool. Mine went down parallel to the K 120 ski jumping hill which was incredibly impressive in real life.
For lunch we drove into old (sort of), downtown Park City. It has a fun Main Street and we had a good lunch at Zoom. On the way out of Park City we stopped at a new Whole Foods to stock up on fruits and vegetables.
Next we drove to Temple Square where we checked out the Temple, Tabernacle and the grounds of the square. I hadn't been there since I was a kid and didn't really remember it. The pipe organ in the Tabernacle was being played. It is really impressive. It has a great sound and has more than 11,000 pipes! The kids really enjoyed a tour of Brigham Young's home. We rode "The Trax" to a great Asian restaurant called Thaifoon for dinner. The Trax is local mass transit and was free and really convenient. :)
After dinner we rode back to Temple Square and went to hear the Morman Tabernacle Choir practice as they do every Thursday evening. During the summer too many people come to listen to the practices to fit in the Tabernacle (which must hold at least 1,000 people), so they hold the practices in the Conference Center which is another building on the campus. It's a huge building that also has a fantastic pipe organ. The choir was spectacular singing along with a full orchestra and the organ.
We could only stay for a little while, however, because we had promised Kelly she would get to visit The Great Salt Lake, and we hadn't gotten there (and she hadn't forgotten). So we drove out to Great Salt Lake State Park and Marina where we watched the sun set over the lake.
Finally, we drove home, too late for the kids' bedtime. I just went and filled up the car with gas (and a quart of oil :( ) and packed everything I could. Tomorrow we've got a long way to go to Steamboat Springs, Colorado where we're meeting my Mom's family for a reunion. We're going to try to leave by 7:00. We'll see how it goes as it isn't quick to get the kids going, eat breakfast, clean up, fold up the trailer and hitch it up, but we'll give it a try.
You can see some pictures of the first couple of days here.
We really enjoyed our day in Salt Lake City. Park City was particularly beautiful. :)
For lunch we drove into old (sort of), downtown Park City. It has a fun Main Street and we had a good lunch at Zoom. On the way out of Park City we stopped at a new Whole Foods to stock up on fruits and vegetables.
Next we drove to Temple Square where we checked out the Temple, Tabernacle and the grounds of the square. I hadn't been there since I was a kid and didn't really remember it. The pipe organ in the Tabernacle was being played. It is really impressive. It has a great sound and has more than 11,000 pipes! The kids really enjoyed a tour of Brigham Young's home. We rode "The Trax" to a great Asian restaurant called Thaifoon for dinner. The Trax is local mass transit and was free and really convenient. :)
After dinner we rode back to Temple Square and went to hear the Morman Tabernacle Choir practice as they do every Thursday evening. During the summer too many people come to listen to the practices to fit in the Tabernacle (which must hold at least 1,000 people), so they hold the practices in the Conference Center which is another building on the campus. It's a huge building that also has a fantastic pipe organ. The choir was spectacular singing along with a full orchestra and the organ.
We could only stay for a little while, however, because we had promised Kelly she would get to visit The Great Salt Lake, and we hadn't gotten there (and she hadn't forgotten). So we drove out to Great Salt Lake State Park and Marina where we watched the sun set over the lake.
Finally, we drove home, too late for the kids' bedtime. I just went and filled up the car with gas (and a quart of oil :( ) and packed everything I could. Tomorrow we've got a long way to go to Steamboat Springs, Colorado where we're meeting my Mom's family for a reunion. We're going to try to leave by 7:00. We'll see how it goes as it isn't quick to get the kids going, eat breakfast, clean up, fold up the trailer and hitch it up, but we'll give it a try.
You can see some pictures of the first couple of days here.
We really enjoyed our day in Salt Lake City. Park City was particularly beautiful. :)
# posted by Craig @ 9:54 PM 
