I was unable to connect to the blogger last night so I made some notes from the day on my phone with the plan of entering them onto the blog when we returned home from our trip. Here are a few things we did in our quick run up to Salt Lake City to see the lights on temple square.
The trip started with a few challenges with a Natalie schedule conflict and expired registration on the HHR which we were driving for gas mileage and because the Jeep is having some issues. Anyway, we put off departure until Saturday morning. I ran over to the local Jiffy Lube for a vehicle inspection and for their on the spot registration service. On a positive note the car didn't need the inspection this year. On a not so positive note they were unable to get their system to work or recognize the vehicle information. That was a bummer. I decided to risk it and we drove the HHR anyway. The gas mileage was good, the car ran great and we had no problems. Anyhow, our late start was made even later with this little fiasco but we eventually got on the road and then headed up to Jay and Sara's house in Springville. We were going to be staying the night with them so we went there first to check in and to hang out and chat for a while. We ended up getting some Jimmy John sandwiches, Mack works there and it is right down from their house so we had some and enjoyed a bit of lunch. This was only my second JJ experience and it was better than the first. Anyway, they had places to be and we wanted to get up to the lights and so we headed out again.
The game was on when we were on the road as Natty and I competed against each other three times in the classic alphabet game. I won the first two and lost the third. In my defense I was driving in some hectic downtown traffic and was more focused on that than the elusive Z word. Somehow Natty managed to not only catch up with out me knowing but also snagged a Z off a license plate while we were parking the car. Bummer.
We started out on a quest to find the fish at the City Creek mall. Andy really wanted to check them out. It took a little bit but then we found their hang out and they were impressive. Luck seemed to be on our side so we headed over to the temple. We ended up sliding into the Joseph Smith Memorial building and we headed up to the 10th floor and looked over the temple and the lights from there. It was a bit busy, pretty well packed but we were able to see it and enjoy it for a brief moment. After that we attempted to walk around the temple and see the lights but the volume of people was such that we were simply marching through like cattle. There was no time to look up and enjoy the lights. It was pretty crazy. After securing water from a drinking fountain in the visitors center, we left, jumped on a train and headed to the Gateway mall. Natty had a store she wanted to waste a bit of money in so while she did that the boys and I tried to guess states on license plates that drove down the street just under us. We were not very successful. After Natty finished her shopping excursion we headed to the food court and enjoyed some severely over-priced foot. The food court at this mall is not that great. We regretted not waiting to eat until we caught the train back to City Creek and checked out their food court. It was a great trip though I wonder if there is a good night during the week when their aren't as many people there and one can enjoy the beauty and splendor more peacefully. That might be nice.
Got back to Jay and Sara's in time for me to read a Christmas story. I was drawing a blank but pulled out a story that I think is pretty good. I didn't get emotional in it so that is a plus. We then stayed up and talked for quite a while. So good to be with family.
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