Day 15: Salt Lake City and Bear Lake
We also celebrated Monte/Kenny Fleming's birthday again!! Some of our participants kindly got him a cupcake and a "7" candle. They used a stick to improvise the "1" in 17.
Sleezy’s here! Today we were able to sleep in until 7:30 (which is sooo late for us) because V forgot to change her watch! Once we were up we ate bananas and
muffins on the way to Salt Lake City.
Our first stop was the Mormon Tabernacle
and we were able to see the original architecture from the 1800s. We were
welcomed by sisters from all over the world. We saw statues and buildings inside the Tabernacle and listened to a musical demonstration in French.
After our tour, we walked over to
the mall to explore one of the largest malls in the West. Everyone was really
excited about eating Chick-fil-a and being able to call/Facetime from the Apple
Store. With the free time that we had, people had the opportunity to shop. The
girls were looking for a cute outfit for the rodeo, which is in a couple of
days.
After our time shopping we headed off to more shopping at our new
favorite place, Wal-Mart. There we picked up snacks and other necessities while
the cooks picked up our dinner for the night. We then ventured to our campsite
for the night, the beautiful Bear Lake. As we drove in with the sight of the
lake all we wanted to do was jump in, but first we had to unpack our things and
have the water balloon fight!!
We had a friendly competition and encouraging
words from our teammates like, “Tyler, you idiot!” Our two representatives did
a great job in the finals but with stiff competition we came in second place
(we feel we should have won because we had a balloon malfunction).
When the balloon fight was over we rushed to the lake and jumped in the chilly water. We swam, had chicken fights, looked at the beautiful sunset, and some even showered (yes we showered in the lake, you’ve gotta do what you’ve gotta do sometimes and it's been TWO DAYS since our last showers).
When the balloon fight was over we rushed to the lake and jumped in the chilly water. We swam, had chicken fights, looked at the beautiful sunset, and some even showered (yes we showered in the lake, you’ve gotta do what you’ve gotta do sometimes and it's been TWO DAYS since our last showers).
We also celebrated Monte/Kenny Fleming's birthday again!! Some of our participants kindly got him a cupcake and a "7" candle. They used a stick to improvise the "1" in 17.
We then anxiously awaited dinner which was Tacos, rice and beans with
Choco Tacos or ice cream sandwiches for dessert. The meal was delicious.
After eating we were all
jumping with excitement for MAIL TIME!!! It was an emotional time for some of
us, but it was so good to get letters, food, candy and other fun stuff from
our families and friends back home. Thank you all so much for your letters and packages! After that exciting time we slowly went off to bed
wrapped in a whole bunch of blankets to keep warm. Tomorrow we go to Jackson Hole and head to Cody, Wyoming to camp.
