On June 11th we went down to Salt Lake for the weekend. We were going to the baby blessing of my friend's baby on Sunday so we decided to go down on Saturday to This is the Place Heritage Park. We hadn't ever been before and we get in free with our American West Heritage Center pass so we thought it would be a good time to go.
It was similar to, though much bigger than, the AWHC. It was set up more like a town would be back in the Pioneer days, while the AWHC has three small sites (1917 Farm, Pioneer settlement, and Mountain Man settlement).
Here's Trevor and Brynlee walking to the visitor's center. Trevor insisted on pushing the stroller instead of sitting in it so Brynlee was more than happy to be the rider.
They had various hands-on activities for visitors to try out. There was laundry...
Plowing a field...
Beating a rug...
Playing games such as rolling the hoop...
A small "animal petting" area...
Pony rides...
and posing like a statue (okay, technically not part of the "official" activities)...
This is a replica of the historic Pine Valley chapel...
We didn't get pictures on the train, which was probably Trevor's favorite part. He even got to say "All Aboard" into the microphone to let the conductor know we were ready to go! It ended up being a really nice day weather wise and started raining just as we were heading to the car.
We got together with Rob's siblings at Cheryl's house for a BBQ and then the next morning we went to the baby blessing. Kelly (Felt) Lahr and I have been friends since we were about 13 or 14. Her family lived across the street from us in Sierra Vista, AZ. It was so fun to see her, along with the rest of the Felt family...and of course, Reed Spencer Lahr, the whole reason we all got together!
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