are we on vacation again?

A picture slideshow by Smilebox

Well, we are home now, but yesterday we spent the day at the red butte garden. It is beautiful! the formal gardens are landscaped wonderfully. Not all the flowers were in bloom, but it was still beautiful. We followed Zeke's mountain trail along the side of the mountain... not something I would have done if I thought about it, but I don't regret a minute of it. We should have brought some water with us (we're such city people ~ I think we were secretly looking for the escalator to take us back down!) It was very peaceful and relaxing. That does sound strange considering how much we walked! We watched some crazy people biking on a trail up another ridge and thought of Jimmy Mahan..... would he be crazy enough to do that? When we left, we were starved and asked at the desk where to find good Mexican food. They sent us to the Red Iguana -- can we say YUMMY! Both dishes we got were absolutely delicious and the staff was overly friendly. My meal was so big it definite...

Today was just beautiful... well, if we could forget about all the bugs! We drove over to Antelope Island which is in the Great Salt Lake. It's an absolutely beautiful place. There are free roaming buffalo, mule deer, antelope, sheep and goats. We didn't see any sheep or goats, but we did see the other three. Seeing a buffalo just strolling around in the open is a strange site when you live in a city, but to put it into perspective, Bubba talked to a couple where we stopped and they said all their neighbors raise buffalo, so they weren't really impressed... weird, huh?? It was a great day, even the little bit of rain we got helped to get rid of the bugs for a few minutes. The bugs were bad enough that we stopped getting out of the car and started taking pictures from the windows. I would yell "ready" and Bubba would roll down my window and then quickly roll it up again before all the bugs got in.... Yuck! Good thing it was so pretty.

We saw that on a t-shirt today and thought it was kind of cute! Well, we made it to Utah today. We had to get up waaaay too early, but I guess it was worth it to be away for a few days. The sun was actually out here for most of the day. We got out of the car about an hour ago to check out the state capitol, and the sky opened up. Oh well, we're both tired anyway. We drove by the stadium where the U2 show is going to be, and we saw part of the stage being put together. Man, I hope it doesn't rain. I think I brought all the warm clothes in my closet because I'm so afraid of being cold. We might go to some caves tomorrow. We'll see what the weather brings.