train ride

Winter can be pretty boring, so I decided to get the family out of the house on Saturday. Everything around town sounded lame and I thought we should try the Frontrunner and go to Salt Lake. All week we were excited about going. Well, Saturday morning rolled around and lo and behold, it was snowing! and not just a little bit. But we did not let it get to us, we just bundled up and went to the Provo station. For anyone that has tried to look up UTA schedules online, you can agree that it is confusing and useless. After getting there we found out that it was another hour till the next train, and after the train finally got there it was another 20 minutes until we left. The kids were restless but when we finally got gong they were pretty excited. The train was fast and quiet and it was a fun ride.

Once we arrived in SLC, we got on the Trax that went right to the Gateway Mall, very convenient. We went to the Planetarium and the kids had a good time looking at all of the cool things there, it was all Katie and I could do just to keep them in our sight. When we left the Planetarium the snow and wind were really bad, and the Gateway is an outdoor mall so it was really cold and miserable. Just our luck. We ended up just going home, but on the ride back we sat upstairs and there was old guy there with his grandson. He was so nice and such a good example, it was awesome to meet him. I felt bad that the day was ruined by weather so I took them out to Milagros. Conrad was so funny there. There was a little girl there, the owner's daughter, and she was the hostess. Conrad flirted with her non-stop until it was our turn to be seated. She was a couple of years older than him but she was quite impressed by his counting skills. It was funny to see Conrad get a little girl crazy. All in all it was a good day.

-Rans