July 4th Vacation

Trevor took a few days off work and we were planning a trip to Denver but all the tickets for the US Mint were sold out. We decided to postpone that trip until we could get into the mint besides there's plenty of things in our own "backyard" that we haven't seen.

We started by going to the Kennecott Copper Mine where both my grandfather and Trevor's dad worked back in the 60's. We've now seen the only man-made hole that's visible from space.

Here's Trevor's dad explaining to Caleb what he used to do when he worked here at the mine when he was a teenager.

After the mine, we went to Antelope Island in the Great Salt Lake. We didn't see antelope, buffalo or any other wildlife besides birds, spiders and brine flies (which bite).

The next day we went up to Logan where we visited the American West Heritage Center where we got a taste of what life was like in the late 1800's. I couldn't believe Caleb actually milked a cow!

Gabriella didn't exactly enjoy the pony ride as much as the other kids did.

We all got to take a turn throwing tomahawks - it's actually very fun and could be addicting.

This is Patch Peterson the pirate woodwright that showed me how to use ferrier's rasp (normally used to file horse's hooves but he claims it's the best wood file he's ever used).

Trevor, his mom and dad, and Caleb had fun shooting arrows.

After the heritage center we drove through the marathon course that Trevor and I will be running in September.

On Friday we visited the air force base's aerospace museum.

And had dinner at a great pizza joint where Trevor and his dad taught Caleb how to play pool.

On Saturday (Independence Day) we went to the Golden Spike Historical Site - where the last spike was driven to complete the transcontinental railroad.

We had a fun trip. We were even able to watch the fireworks show from our hotel room that overlooked the town.