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- Jul 4, 2023 · ☀️ 86 °F Altitude: 4,409 ft
  40.566667, -111.89540°34’0” N 111°53’42” W
Day 32
Sandy, Utah
July 4 ⋅ ☀️ 86 °F
We unexpectedly got to enjoy the fourth of July at a festival in Utah with our wonderful friends, the Aldape family. They have been so gracious to host us for so long. Our families have meshed together so well and it will be a painful departure for sure.Read more
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Traveler Driving across the USA
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- Apr 26, 2018 · ☀️ 19 °C Altitude: 1,338 m
  United States Utah Salt Lake County Golden Acres 40.62601, -111.8907340°37’34” N 111°53’27” W
Day 23
Antelope Island park and The Salt Lake
April 26, 2018 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
We had a lovely nights sleep in Carla and Wallys apartment. Brandon slept in the big kids room on his blow up bed.

Isla and Raffie got a day off of school and the whole gang of us went to see Antelope Island State Park.
Antelope Island is the largest of the Salt Lake islands and is surrounded by the Great Salt Lake. The Salt Lake is the largest natural lake west of the Mississippi River.

It was as warm day and visiting the island and seeing the lake was great, minus the biting gnats which just hatched. We saw pronghorn Antelope and 11 wild Bison that roam the island. We spent time walking out to the lake and feeling the hard rock\sand. We had lunch at the small grill on the island.

Back at the apartment the kids soaked in the sun with water balloons and scootering. That night we also had smores at the cute public bbq\park area that the complex provides.

Later that night Carla and elisa had free time and went to a local bar that had live reggae music. The bartender explained that in Utah, the draft beer can only have 3.2% alcohol while the canned\bottled beer can be any percentage. The state also recently moved the driving limit to .05 from .08 as well. You also can only buy liquor and wine in a liquor store. The wine also is very expensive here.Read more
Traveler Thank heavens I have Dean and Kenny to tell me what s’mores are. I would never have known otherwise.
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- Apr 27, 2018 · ☀️ 23 °C Altitude: 1,338 m
  United States Utah Salt Lake County Golden Acres 40.62602, -111.8907840°37’34” N 111°53’27” W
Day 24
Wheelers heritage farm, hiking & fun
April 27, 2018 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Today was pretty relaxing. Josh and elisa took the kids to a heritage farm which was only a few minutes from the apartment. They got to see farm animals, ride on the moo train, and played on the playground.

Once the kids got home from school Carla took us all to a hike up in Little Cottonwood Canyon, checking out Lisa Falls. The drive there was only 20 minutes but the view of the Mountains waa amazing. Salt Lake City is a in the plateau of numerous mountain ranges. Some of the peaks still have snow on top and is just breathtaking. The day was a high 80\25 degrees so the waterfall was very fast and high due to all the snow melting.

The hike was quick and steep and came right to the falls. As it was higher than usual, getting across to the center area meant to take shoes off and walk across the very cold water, or step on the rocks very carefully.
Inara and brandon loved climbing all over.

After the hike we went straight to dinner, which was at Classic Fun Center. This massive play place was overwhelming. The kids had a choice of skating\scootering, jumping on bouncy castles, jungle\climbing area that was the whole venue, Arcade games, a laser tag area and more. It was nuts. Brandon choose the scooter and bouncy area. He was in heaven. We had pizza and Inara just watched the kids scooting and skating. We didn't leave till 9pm.

The night didn't finish there, as when we got back to the apartment, Wallys had his large family over to watch the Utah Jazz basketball team play in a play off game. Player number 2 is Australian too. It was a loud night with lots of Spanish being shouted from Wallys and his Puerto Rican family.

Carla and Elisa left the apartment again and got a drink at the Wasatch brewery in the sugarhouse area of the city.

Salt Lake is much smaller than we realized. We think that the name sounds like a big city, but the greater area is only over a million and is the same size as buffalo, New York. It is also warmer in the summer than expected, having summer days higher than 100. Cold is below freezing but they don't get tons of snow.Read more
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Daniel Stooß USA - West Coast
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- May 15, 2018, 7:00pm · ☀️ 19 °C Altitude: 1,407 m
  United States Utah Salt Lake County Altawood Place 40.554997, -111.86206840°33’18” N 111°51’43” W
Day 33
Couchsurfing in Salt Lake City
May 15, 2018 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Back in Salt Lake City I'm going to stay the next three nights couchsurfing at a lovely place with lots of pets 😁
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