Northern Utah Trip

Sept. 16, 17, 18th, 2011
We took a little mini stay-cation. We went to the Layton area to do some fun activities. We didn't have a family trip this summer with Paul traveling for business so much but I thought we could get away with doing this trip and it was really wonderful.

Friday morning we went to the Gateway in Salt Lake City, the kids wanted to ride the TRAX train. So we took TRAX from the Gateway to Temple Square and walked around for awhile, went into the visitors center and then rode TRAX back to the Gateway where we had lunch.

After Gateway and Temple Square we headed down to Sandy to the South Towne Expo Center where the big RV show was going on. And we finally found it, the trailer of our dreams. It has exactly what we've been looking for for 6 years now since we sold our last trailer.

When we were done at the RV show we went to Layton to where our hotel was. We relaxed for a few minutes then headed out to dinner then came back to hotel where the kids played for quite awhile.

It was a rough night, but I won't go into that. :)

Saturday after breakfast we drove to Hill Areospace Museum. It was a great day, they were having some sort of family day so there was extra stuff going on.

Here are the kids giving the food donation.

3 kids and a Hummer.

That is one big plane!

That is some big wheels!

"Mom, this is where they drop Optimus Prime from at the begining of the second Transformers movie!"

Brett loving the big huge bay door in this cargo plane.

There was a couple of planes we were able to get Trey into because the entrances were ramps on the plane.

"Are you sure you know how to fly this thing?!"

This is the plane that Brett and Ellie were flying in the above picture.

There was a small (and retired) plane that was part of the Air Force 1 fleet at some point.

We are inside the hanger now and Trey is thinking that the heliocopter is really big.

When we were done we drove to Ogden to the Eccles Dinosaur Park. The entrance is cool, it looks a little bit like in the movie "Jurassic Park".

There is a small museum, which we didn't spend any time in, the kids wanted to get outside. This is what we walked out to.

Paul and the kids under the belly of a brachiosaurous.

Trey playing on the playground they had there.

Ellie and Dino

Flinstones, meet the Flinstones, their your modern aged family

This was a great place to go. Nice walking paths and fun little things for the kids.

We drove back to the hotel and Brett and Ellie and I decided to go to the swimming pool. Big mistake! The water was beyond icey cold. Wow! So we sat in the hot tub most the time, but we did get in the cold water a couple of times.

Then dinner and then bed. The second night was a little better but Paul and I were looking forward to sleeping in our own bed the next night.

Sunday we went to Lagoon! I haven't been there for so many years and neither had Paul.

The kids loved it. We started at Kiddyland and I was so happy to see the little boats there still. I loved those so much when I was young like Brett and Ellie.



Ellie loved this ride. It takes you up then drops you, then goes up and drops you.

So in the very back is Paul with Brett! I was so proud of him to go on Collosous. (I know I didn't spell that right, but oh well.) He not only went once but twice, the second time with me!

It was so much fun.

"Whew, I made it!"

Then at the end Brett got to play in the water, no one else wanted to! :)

Trey even got in on a couple of rides at Lagoon. Puff the magic dragon was the first and Paul got video of it. You can see him smile and tense up as the coaster comes around. He really had a good time.

Another ride we took him on was the Tidal Wave. He had a blast on that one too! He even went twice on it.

Everyone had fun at Lagoon and I was impressed with the new rides they have and the up keep is very nice of the whole park. There is a new coaster called Bombora, and it is a fun fun coaster. Ellie was tall enough to ride it and she absolutely loved it. I can't tell you how many times she rode it. It was a lot. Then Brett also found a fun one called "The Bat". He liked that your legs dangled.

It was a great three days and we all had a great time.