I wish we had more time in Utah to site see. We went from place to place to place and we still didn't see everything we wanted, not even close. At least most of the sights were indoors so we could get out of the 105 degree weather.....HOT!
We started out in Lehi, at Thanksgiving Point, where they house the largest collection of dinosaur fossils in the world. It was pretty impressive.
Next stop, the Red Butte Gardens. We have a ton of pictures from this place, it was amazing. Acres upon acres of stunning gardens to enjoy. The cool thing about these gardens is that the park is divided into gardens within gardens....sounds strange I know. There is a Japanese garden, rose garden, vegetable garden, butterfly garden, animal garden, children's garden, etc. Plus, the garden is built into a hillside so wild animals mingle through the garden too. Here we are taking a breather and enjoying the views of downtown Salt Lake City.
Temple Square. The pictures don't do this place justice, this place was MASSIVE.
Park City, Utah home of the winter Olympics.
Next stop Snowbird Ski Resort.....once again impressive. Now we know why this place was voted top skiing destination last year, you feel like you are in The Alps. Snowbird is really famous for their innovative concepts as well. Above is their newest creation (and only one in the world) it is giant tunnel with a conveyor belt in the middle to transport skiers/snowboarders....who needs a chairlift any more?
What do they do with their old chair lift? Another innovation....extend it, so tourists like Chris and I can ride it 10,000 feet up a mountain. It took 30 minutes just to reach the top of the mountain and I at one point I thought I was going to pass out we got so high. I am glad I did it, but I probably won't do it again.
Here I am happily on the ground back at the resort:)
We started out in Lehi, at Thanksgiving Point, where they house the largest collection of dinosaur fossils in the world. It was pretty impressive.
Next stop, the Red Butte Gardens. We have a ton of pictures from this place, it was amazing. Acres upon acres of stunning gardens to enjoy. The cool thing about these gardens is that the park is divided into gardens within gardens....sounds strange I know. There is a Japanese garden, rose garden, vegetable garden, butterfly garden, animal garden, children's garden, etc. Plus, the garden is built into a hillside so wild animals mingle through the garden too. Here we are taking a breather and enjoying the views of downtown Salt Lake City.
Temple Square. The pictures don't do this place justice, this place was MASSIVE.
Park City, Utah home of the winter Olympics.
Next stop Snowbird Ski Resort.....once again impressive. Now we know why this place was voted top skiing destination last year, you feel like you are in The Alps. Snowbird is really famous for their innovative concepts as well. Above is their newest creation (and only one in the world) it is giant tunnel with a conveyor belt in the middle to transport skiers/snowboarders....who needs a chairlift any more?
What do they do with their old chair lift? Another innovation....extend it, so tourists like Chris and I can ride it 10,000 feet up a mountain. It took 30 minutes just to reach the top of the mountain and I at one point I thought I was going to pass out we got so high. I am glad I did it, but I probably won't do it again.
Here I am happily on the ground back at the resort:)
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