Those were the places...

So it’s winter time in Utah, but it really hasn’t always felt like it.  It’s been pretty mild so far, with some sunny afternoons and very little snow.  I imagine January is going to be rough,with as nice as it’s been so far.  But when I have a day off or two, we’ve been trying to get out and see some of this massive state.  There are a lot of national parks within a days drive, but those will have to wait, though I do want to see them all.  In the meantime we’ll have to just check out some of the more local sites.  So we took a little trip down to this place called Thanksgiving Point one day, and we went up to “This is The Place” at Heritage Park a week or two ago.  

Thanksgiving Point has a resort like feel, an interesting market/shop, a dinosaur museum, and a dairy farm.  We went to check out the advertised reindeer.  It is almost Christmas you know.

Adam was impressed.  He’s a big fan of animals. Regardless of whether they actually fly or not.

“This is The Place” was the place where the first Mormon settlers came into the valley and decided that… well, this was the place they were going to stay.  We didn’t pay the entrance fee to the real part of the park (a replica town of an early Utah settlement), but we did check out the monuments and statues.  Including a replica Pony Express Depot.  Paul was terrified apparently.

 

So just a few quick stops, nothing too exciting.  Maybe slightly more exciting than a tall smoke stack, but who’s keeping track really?  Anyway, we’ll have more I’m sure… since Amber said I’ll pretty much go see anything.  Yeah, she’s probably right.  If it’s on Wikipedia, it must be worth a drive to see…