Gardens and Scenic Byways

A few things have been going on around here, so I’d kind of forgotten that we had some pictures to post on here.  Earlier this month we took a trip up to the Red Butte Gardens on the northeast end of town because, well, they were having a free day and normally it would have been out of our price range.  Becky found it online and wanted to check it out since it’s a botanical garden filled with all sorts of flowers, plants, and other things that grow up from the ground and look and smell nice.  Sounds exciting, right?  I thought so, and since it wasn’t going to cost anything, I decided to go along.

 Paul was looking very Adam-like here.

And Adam... was looking... very Adam-like.

Not sure why they were talking about bison, we didn't see any.

Nor did we see any moose, but the boys enjoyed climbing on this.

 Adam paused to enjoy the refreshments.

But he may have gotten carried away with the whole water drinking thing.

 Then he climbed on some big lizards.  Pretty... cool...

 

A week or so after that, we took a drive down south toward Provo and took the Nebo Scenic Route.  It was a beautiful scenic byway and would have been a great time had it not rained most of the day.  We still got a break from the rain for a moment and took a short hike to the Grotto Falls to take a few pictures of this cool little waterfall.  Pretty nice, and it would be great to go back when the fall colors change everything, but… I don’t think we’ll make it back this year.

So that’s it for now, though we should have a few more pictures of Utah before we head out.  Turns out, our Utah adventure didn’t last as long as we thought it would.  We were planning on sticking it out for quite a while, but there were other plans for us I guess.  We leave next weekend on our fourth cross-country adventure, and this time back to where we first went.  We’ll be in Georgia, close to Jacksonville for six months, and then it’s down to the Gulf and Corpus Christi, Texas.  Never would have expected it, but we’re excited for what’s ahead.  Wish us luck, as we travel on…