BIG Adventure. . . Chapter 11

Thursday, July 7

Yes I know. . . it has been a while.  I am finding it difficult to find the time to blog these days and our computer ended up with a nasty virus.  JD of the Orem Utah Geek Squad fixed it up for us and we are back on-line!!


Steve and I have been very busy lately.  We are currently at the Eagles Hot Lake RV Park in La Grande, Oregon!  We will only be here one night and then on to Portland.  "What have we been doing?" you ask. . . .

We arrived at Deer Creek State Park near my brother Todd's house in Midway, Utah on June 30th.  Todd was our tour guide during the time we were there.  We visited Temple Square in downtown Salt Lake City, spent some time browsing at Cabela's and we toured the plant where he works.  Steve was in heaven watching all of the equipment!  We also spent some time at Park City Utah and enjoyed a nice steak dinner at Todd's place while we watched the Midway Fourth of July fireworks high above the town from Todd and Mauna's back deck!

                                                                                      

             Our new four-legged friends:  Taz, Libby, and Snookie!!!!!


SITES FROM the MORMON TEMPLE SQUARE

The Temple



Assembly Hall, home of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir

 The organ inside Assembly Hall

The view from our campsite at Deer Creek State Park!!

Just a little fun at the driving range!

 

The Egyptian Theatre at Park City, Utah



We had a little extra time while the computer was getting fixed so we stopped by Bridal Falls and took a drive up to Sundance.  Sorry to say I did not see Robert Redford and just being there is as close as I will get!!!

The next leg of our trip was leading us toward Portland Oregon but we had a one night layover in Twin Falls Idaho.  We knew there was a bridge crossing the Snake River Gorge that we wanted to see and that it is a favorite for BASE jumpers.  We have had a bit of bad luck on this trip . . . you remember. . . the air conditioner. . . but we have also had a bit of GOOD luck every once in a while. 

Evil Knievel attempted to jump this gorge in some type of rocket powered craft but his parachute deployed prematurely and he did not make it.  He survived with minor injuries.

Here is our good luck picture. . . BASE jumpers arrived at the same time we did!

We made our way  out of town to look at a couple of different water falls, it was Twin FALLS after all!  We also noticed on the map an attraction called Balanced Rock but we could not find any information on it so we headed southwest of town.  We drove and drove and drove and I recall saying to Steve that the countryside looked like Indiana but low and behold it is simply amazing what can be found around the corner, literally! The view went from an Indiana farmland appearance to this. . .

And just around a couple more corners there it was. . . Balanced Rock!!!!

How is this for a close up view!!

Simply Amazing!!

see Steve sitting about half way up!

  Well that is about it for now. 

A special thanks to my brother Todd and his wife Mauna for being such gracious hosts while we were in Utah!  Thanks for the great margaritas, great fun, and great sightseeing! 

A special HELLO to everyone back at the Wornick Foods from Steve and Kim!!

And a BIG thanks to Aaron for taking care of the yard, plants, and mail for us while we are 'out of town'  !!!

STAY TUNED. . . . . .