Life As We Know It: Girls Weekend

The Wednesday following Moab I had a college friend, Karina, stop in Salt Lake for a quick visit. She is doing a 3 month tour of the western US where she is traveling by public transportation (think Amtrack, Greyhound, public buses, etc) for the entire trip. If you want to read more about her adventures you can visit her blog. She is a wonderful writer and actually deals with fibromyalgia so you can see how she deals with traveling with a chronic illness, truly aspiring!

Anyway, Karina came into town on the snowiest day of the year so we stayed home that afternoon. Thursday I had to work in the morning so she was able to wander downtown and see the sights. That afternoon we went out to Antelope Island. Now, I have lived in Salt Lake for 32 years and I have NEVER been there. It was great to see the different animals and the view from the island is amazing. I will definitely be taking Aaron out there when he gets older and can remember visiting. My phone was dieing so I only was able to get photos at the 'beach' but I recommend to visit if you can.

The islands beach, Karina out in the open.

Seeing this you would think that we are on the coast.

Aaron being covered but at the 'beach'.

Friday we went and visited the Utah Natual History Museum. I hadn't been to the new location but it was AMAZING. I am excited to continue to take Aaron up there to see all the fun dinosaurs and learn about the history of Utah. That afternoon Karina and I road triped down to an area outside of St. George where Megan, another friend from school, was driving up to meet us for a girls weekend. It was a great drive down with Aaron only fussy for about 10 minutes (fighting a nap) and my my car hit 80,000 miles!

Some of the amazing fossils that are at the Museum

A break in the driving to feed Aaron and to get some ice cream.

80,000 miles!

Saturday we hung out at the rental where we relived Kappa memories and talked about school and our lives now. We did a 2 hour walk through the town seeing all the fun farms and vacation homes. We talked well into the night about things that we miss, that we regret doing or didn't do, funny stories, and how Kappa has influenced us. It was just a great day overall. Sunday we got up and went to Zion National Park. We did a short hike to the Emerald Pools before we parted ways.