Monday was a new day...

Well after a night of throw up, bile, dry heaves and naps on the bathroom floor, Gracie went to bed about 3:00 and made it through the rest of the night with out any problems. She slept pretty late and woke up in a good mood.

Poor thing just wanted to go do things so we decided that we were going to go and try the Zoo. Someone had told us how nice it was so that is what we were going to do for the day. We got there just as they opened and Grace was feeling pretty good because she wanted to eat so I was hoping that it truly was altitude sickness and that because we were at a little bit lower altitude it would be a good day.

The Zoo was fun. I get REALLY bored at zoos but I wanted to be a trouper for the kids so I sucked it up and off we went. The kids had a great time in the Butterfly house. Grace and Mac really enjoyed looking at the butterflies. We went to all the displays and houses. I sat outside the reptile house but other than that it took us about two hours to get through the park and then we did a little train ride around the park and we all were ready to go. We had a little picnic in the back of the car and we were on our way.

As we were leaving the park we decided that we needed to stay at a lower altitude so we decided to look for somewhere else to go. We started driving and Don suggested we drive out to the Great Salt Lake. So we got on the interstate and headed toward the Lake. The kids fell asleep, which was a good thing. It took about a half hour to get there and when we got there... what a disappointment. It is nothing. Well, it is nothing on Monday afternoon. We were shocked. I guess coming from Chicago and Lake Michigan we expected people to be on the beach and the shops open and people out in their boats. It was nothing of the sort. No boats, there was only one shop, and there were no boats on the lake. We thought it was because the Lake seemed to be quite low. So there was someone working on their boat and Don decided he was going to ask him if the water was low and was that why boats weren't on the lake? Well I think the guy thought we were nuts. He said that it was Monday and so people were working. It is full on the weekends but not generally during the week. I found that to be a bit odd, but he thought we were odd for asking. Seems that if I had a boat and there were a nice big lake out there I would find time to be on it even during the week. It's summer for Pete's sake. Oh well, different values I guess.

So after seeing the Lake, we decided we needed to do something else. I suggested we head to Park City and the Olympic venues so that is what we decided to do. If we ever go back to Utah, Park City is where we would stay. It is the cutest mountain town and there was much more to do then there was at Snowbird... but I will talk about that later. Grace seemed to be doing a little better today so we decided that we would go up to the Olympic Venue and see what was all there. We went in and found that there were many activities and we also heard that Park City was a quaint little town with many shops and we could park at the top, walk down one side and take a trolley back up and walk down the other. Well, that was perfect for us. So we parked and began our shopping adventure. I was thinking that we might be able to find Grace her cowboy hat... and sure enough... the second shop we walked by was a western shop!!! I asked for assistance and within 10 minutes had her pink cowboy hat to match her pink cowboy boots. The place had red and pink hats made like the Jessie hat in Toy Story 2. I wanted Grace to get the red one but she really wanted to get the pink one so that is what we got.

We spent the better part of the evening in Park City. Grace got to ride the Trolley twice (she called it Mavis like on Thomas the Tank Engine) and we ate at Western restraurant and she kept her food down so I was very happy.

We left there around 7:00 got back to the Condo and every one was in bed by 9:00. At 10:30 Maci started to wrestle around... and yes, you guessed it... he got sick. ALL NIGHT LONG EVERY 15 MINUTES UNTIL 7:00 AM!!!! UGH!!! Once again on a trip and my kids are sick. I was so sad for them.

To be continued...