Lagoon

Our day at Lagoon started around 12:30.  First ride... the old rickety, rackety wooden roller coaster.  Me, Sam and Jill were the first to get on a ride.

 

 

Miki picked the next ride... the carousel.

 

 

By now Sam was ready for some more action.  Next up the colossus.  Jill and Miki wanted nothing to do with it, so Kay went with Sam for round one.

 

 

It was during this ride that Miki became Kay's official hat/sunglasses holder.

 

 

After seeing that Kay survived the ride, Sam managed to talk Jill into giving it a try, and she had a blast!

 

 

Around the corner Wicked was awaiting.  As hard as Sam tried Jill would NOT get on this ride, even after her dad and Sam came off it alive.

 

 

Instead, she and Miki shared a sno cone.

 

 

After Wicked Sam and Jill went on a round-and-round ride.

 

 

Just watching it was enough to make me sick.

 

 

Next up, Pioneer Village.  As a kid this was my favorite spot.  Miki was a little sketchy about the log ride, but she went with us and had a lot of fun.  It was a very refreshing ride.

 

 

Before the log ride we had our old time pictures taken, and we took an ice cream break.

 

 

After pioneer village the girls sat for henna tattoos.

 

 

To give the henna time to dry we took the sky ride to the other side of the park.

 

 

Miki was excited to find the bumper cars.  She's a wicked little driver, and this was her favorite ride at Lagoon.

 

 

Sam and Jill had fun on this twisty turny ride.

 

 

By now it's dinner time so our navigation crew started hunting for food and plotting a course from the map.

 

 

While Kay and Sam waited in line to get a drink, Miki and Jill cooled themselves off in the splash pad.

 



 

We found face painting! 

 

This little roller coaster was a close as Miki was going to get to experiencing a roller coaster.

 

 To let our stomachs settle after dinner we went on the train ride.

 

 

Next up were the swings.  They went a tad higher than the ones at Liberty Park, and Sam and Jill had a blast. 

 

 

By now it's getting kinda late, and Sam was bound and determined to talk Jill into going on the Wicked.  I don't know how she did it, but somehow she did talk Jill into trying it.  So, while the three went, Miki and I waited outside.  By this wicked sign is a small pool of water, so Miki and I made a wish.

 

 

The Wicked trio!  Jill ended up loving the ride and said it was her favorite ride of the day.  It was also Kay's favorite ride. 

 

 

After wicked we went one more time on the sky ride so Miki could play on the bumper cars again. 

 

 

While Miki rode the bumper cars Sam went on the Samuri.  It was a very twisty turny ride that made me sick just watching.  After she got off she said it was her favorite ride.  By now it's about 9:30 and we are on our way out of the park.  Miki asked me if our wish came true from the wishing pool at wicked if we could tell each other.  I said "yes", to which she replied "I wished for my parents to let me go on the bumper cars one more time".  I'm glad we could help with her wish coming true.

 

The FuN ConTinues

After hiking to the cave we picked up my dad and headed to Tracy Aviary and Liberty Park.  Both places have great memories for me, because just about every summer this is one spot my dad would take me and my sisters during our summer visit.  Not much has changed.  I was excited to see the old Ferris wheel and other rides were still up and running. 

 

 

Being the bird lover that she is, I knew Jill would love the aviary.  She made sure she was ready with her camera.

 

 

I'm not sure they wanted people chasing the peacocks through the landscaping, but Sam just couldn't resist.

 

 

All of the bird exhibits were so fun.

 

 

Especially this handsome bird through the bushes ;)

 

 

Grandpa did a good job keeping up.  Miki was excited to show him the cute little birds we'd found in this spot.

 

 

The owl exhibit is something I don't remember.  It was fun to see all the different types of owls. 

 

 

Something was up with the peacocks.  I don't know if this one is hiding from Sam or plotting its revenge.

 

 

Kay couldn't resist throwing a little water around.  Mik was more than happy to be his assistant.

 

 

Feeding the birds was always one of my favorite things to do, and my girls seemed to have fun with it too.  This particular goose was a pig.  Sam had to be fast to get her fingers out of the way.

 

 

Enjoying the flamingos

 

Timpanogos Cave

Our summer break is coming quickly to an end, but we still have enough time to get some fun in.  After years of driving past the exit to Timpanogos Cave we finally decided to take it.  We scheduled an early morning hike time and we were set. 

 

 

This is the way we looked most of the hike up.  Miki was in the lead, followed by Sam, then me and Jill.  Kay ventured back and forth.  It's not that Jill and I are slow.  We conserve our energy.  Somewhere along the way we came to the conclusion that the "short legged people" move their legs faster to compensate for their shortness.

 

Whatever the reason we were thankful for the many spots along the way for taking breaks. 

 



 

The trail itself was fun with the tunnels and beautiful views.

 

 

The last time I was on this trail I was in Middle school, and I don't remember the sidewalks and rock walls.  I remember gravel and log lined trails.

 

 

I've said it before and I'll say it again; it doesn't matter where we go, Kay spots all the power related objects.  In all fairness though we were told to watch for this specific pole.  Kay's brother also works for the power company, and he's the one who repaired this particular pole.

 

 

The trail was a lot steeper than I remembered it, and these benches along the way were well used by us.

 

Facial expressions do a good job of telling a tale.  Sam looks bored (from waiting for Jill and I to catch up), Jill looks tired, and Miki is worried.  She was dead set that rocks were going to come rolling off of the mountain and crush us because we stopped on the red line- such a stickler for the rules.



 

Once inside the cave it was really cool, literally cool.  We were told to prepare for 45*.  So on went the jackets and the rest of the time we were in awe.

 

 

This formation is called the "Heart of Timpanogos".  It is over 5 feet tall and is estimated to weigh over 2 tons.

 

This last part we were shown reminded us all of chocolate, caramel covered marshmallows.  Going through the cave we passed by "cave popcorn" and other formations that reminded some of the people of tacos- it was getting to be lunch time.

 

 

It didn't take nearly as long to get down the trail as it did to get up.  The view below us was so pretty.

 

 

Like I said, it was getting to be lunch time.  After seeing popcorn, tacos and marshmallows we settled on Panda Express, Sam's favorite place to eat.