Okay, so this past week I was able to visit my family and some friends back in Utah. It was a much needed break before school starts up. I've just been working over the summer, but after falling into the frantic routine of subway, work, subway, errands, subway, and so on, I just needed a break from the city.
And I had a blast in Utah. I got to see one of my sisters and her kids, and we ended up taking a trip on the Heber Valley Railroad. We went from Heber all the way down through the Provo Canyon until Vivian Park. Along the way, we got to relax and enjoy the sights in the canyon, the Deer Creek Reservoir, and the train also got stopped by horse-riding "outlaws" (ha, one of my nieces even was taken as a "hostage").
I also hung around in Provo for a day, and it was kind of surreal. It made me miss going to school there, and it made me appreciate more the good times I had there. New York is fun and all, but it's different in that everyone is so spread out--you can't just rely on the apartment complex circle-of-friends in Provo. It was fun catching up with some people that I hadn't seen in years, and just walking around the campus and the bookstore.
I'll try and post some more tomorrow, but I'm pretty tired right now--it was a long day rushing home from work just in time to catch the last half of the BYU football game...
Here's a few pictures from the trip (mainly of some of my nieces and nephews)--
Yeah, the framing is just like the famous "American Gothic" painting, but this picture still made me laugh
Julia -- we were in a cemetery so my sister could look up some of her husband's ancestors, and I got to watch the baby. Which meant I just put her on the ground and let her play in the pinecones and dirt
Debbie--she looks really sad in this picture, but she was actually really enjoying the train ride. I think she was a little tired, as this was after being on the train for nearly two hours
Sara
Eve being taken "hostage" by the train robbers
And the train itself -- yes, the sky really was that blue, and you can see the mountains and stuff in the background.
I'll keep digging through my pictures and see what else I can post tomorrow--
3 comments:
Great photos Jon! I really like the one of Sara. She looks so grown up! {waaaaaaa}
or should I say
{weeeeeee, weeeeeee, weeeeee}
They did that the last three miles home. :D
Yup-thanks for the visit! UHHH_HUUH! Did you feel the attitude in that??
Hey, I wanted to visit you guys! It was a pretty short trip though...I got in Thursday afternoon, and flew back on Wednesday, and it was a lot of rushing around. I'll let you guys know when I'm out there for Christmas--
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