July 1, 2011 - Utah

This was Friday.  We checked out of the Hotel and headed up to Timpanogos.  We had some time to kill before we headed to Bennett Rassmussen's.  The tour for the caves was a three hour wait, so we decided to get a trail map and do some hiking.  Thank goodness we rented a 4 x 4 SUV.  Wolf decided to do the Silver Lake hike, which you have to go up a very rocky dirt road to get to the hike.  There were lots of rocks and ditches in the ground.  We got to the top were there was a resevoir and a trail to hike.  We started with lots of water in the backpack and the kids.  We walked what seem to be forever, but it really wasn't.  We were walking right next to a small stream.  We got some really nice pictures along the way.  Needless to say we never made it to the end of the trail because Bridgette was getting tired of hiking.  We only made is about 1/2 mile up the trail before we turned around.  The trail was 1 1/2 miles.  We then went to This is the place monument, we had to kill more time.  We walked around for a little bit, then headed to Centersville to meet Bennett and his family.  We arrived at Bennett's Moms house around 6:30, unpacked our luggage, we were staying there for a few days, then Sister Rasmussen took us all out to the Brick Oven for dinner.  It was Stacie, Bennett, our family, Tanner, and Sister Rasmussen.  We had a good time talking and reconnecting.  After dinner we went back to the house to relax and play some apples to apples.