Saturday, August 02, 2008
Vacation 08
For vacation, we headed on a road trip despite the $4.25+ gas prices. 1st stop: Boise. We devised a 4 hour a day maximum drive plan so that Marlee would cope better. (umm, turns out naps are important too) We stayed at our beloved Springhill suites and had dinner at Wingers. Great start to the trip!
Second stop was Salt Lake City. We were there for a few days so we were able to do some fun stuff: Park City, where they had the 2002 Olympic games; the Hogle zoo, a really great mall-the gateway, and cousin Seran's 1st birthday party. Salt Lake is super family friendly. I wish we had stayed a few more days because there is so much to see and do.
Favorites:
Heath: Alpine slide, rock climbing with Hayden
Lori: The Olympics museum, the Flying Aces Aerial show, riding the chair lift with Sage
Hayden: Alpine slide, penguins at the zoo
Sage: The white alligator at the zoo, riding the carousel
Marlee: THE MONKEYS!!! "hi guys!" over and over and over-Didn't want to see anything else. Milkshakes at McDonalds.
Then on to Panguitch where we got to hang out with Grandma and Grandpa and Aunt Gretchen and the boys. Lots of Wii and DS downloading, 4 wheelers, a parade and lots of visiting with family. Thursday we got to see most of the Mitchell clan, and Clay and Kristi and family. There was a bit of a discussion...
Do you dip grilled cheese in hot cocoa? How about toast? What are your thoughts on homemade syrup. Please leave me a comment with your views. Its quite important that you are very honest with your opinion. There might be a couple marriages on the line.
Anyway. We went to the gorgeous and amazing Bryce Canyon. Spent a day at the Cabin at Panguitch lake.
It was loads of fun, even if Henri's drive in didn't have English chips.
Favs from Panguitch:
Heath: riding 4wheelers in the hills with his dad and the boys, chubby cheese burgers
Lori: reading Eclipse on the porch during twilight :), Riding the 4 wheeler with Heath looking for the tree we carved our initials in when we were down on Spring break in High school-didn't find it though.
Hayden: The parade, riding 4 wheelers
Sage: getting candy during the parade, riding with mom and Gretchen to Cedar city and going to the Pizza Factory, and Beaver for cheese
Marlee: gathering up unattended drinks and finishing them off. Doing laps around the van in the driveway.
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2 comments:
I totally missed out on all the fun in Panguitch! I love your post and updates on your vacation. Did you all make it home in one piece? So, I love cheese sandwiches in hot cocoa, but plain costco rolls are even better, and homemade syrup, all the way (I grew up with it too). Glad you had a fun vacation.
Hot chocolate and grilled cheese sandwiches are two great things. If you mix them however they both loose a big part of their deliciousness. Same goes with toast and rolls. They should stay out of drinks altogether. I was a part of this debate Lori talks about and I found that the hot chocolate - bread dipping blood runs a lot deeper than I thought. I just feel bad that they think it is so good when all they are doing is destroying the wonderful goodness that comes when bread and hot chocolate are eaten separately. end
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