school started again. well, nicolaus and i will only be in classes tuesdays/thursdays this semester, so we only start tomorrow. but that means today we need to start slowly getting back into productivity mode and maybe get to bed before 2 am...it also means that saturday we took advantage of one of our last days of freedom.
first, we slept in and lazed around the house. then, we went to get a bbq lunch at this placed called smokehouse in orem. it was my first time ever going there and it was sooo delicious. bbq food is not necessarily something i'm ever dying for, but that might change now.
things really got exciting after lunch, when we had to stop by milo (the skate shop nick works at) and somebody was in there with their FRENCH BULLDOG. i'm kind of a dog freak and unfortunately can't own my own where we live, so i go a little nuts when somebody else has one...but seriously, she was the cutest little thing and completely worth all the dog hair i was unable to get off my sweater.
after nick managed to pry the french bulldog from my hands, we headed up on the prettiest drive through the canyon and to some amazing ice castles! it was magical. i wish these photos did it justice. but it was just this huge maze of the tallest walls of icicles and not like anything i've ever experienced before. if you are ever in utah over winter, go to midway and walk through the ice castles.
once our noses and toes were sufficiently frozen, we drove up to park city and had a wonderful evening of strolling around all the outlet stores. we shopped ourselves to near-starvation then met up with our friend, derek, and had dinner at whole foods.
after park city, we went up to my parent's house to visit my dad who just had neck surgery. we hung out there for the rest of the night and watched the movie dark shadows. which was every bit as bizarre as i expected it to be.
all in all, it was the best kind of day to finish up an all-too-short christmas break. happy monday and good luck to all you other vacationers who are getting back into the grind of things this week!
What an awesome place! Sometimes I wish I lived in Utah. You make it look so pretty. And nice beanie.
ReplyDeleteThat really is the perfect last Saturday. I had no idea those ice caves were so close! I'm going to have to venture up there when I get a free day. It looks gorgeous beyond words.
ReplyDeleteEasing back into productivity is the worst. I had school today for the first time in a very long time. That alarm clock has never been louder. Good luck tomorrow! You'll be great :)
Em
Tightrope to the Sun
what a magical place! cool pics
ReplyDeletesounds like the perfect saturday! and ohemgee! those ice caves look flipping awesome!!
ReplyDeleteok so that beanie is so super good. I need one of those!
ReplyDeleteI am so jealous, I have wanted to visit these. Beautiful. And, like you, am a huge dog lover. They are just so cute.
ReplyDeletexx Laur
So beautiful. I wish we had magical icy places like this in Australia. Total winter envy right here
ReplyDeleteOh gosh, so many people were posting pictures of these ice castles! I must go next year! How perfect! And french bulldogs are just the cutest! I would have freaked out too ;)
ReplyDeletexo TJ
http://www.hislittlelady.com
This look amazinnnngg!
ReplyDeleteWOW!! It must have been insanely magical if the pictures don't do it justice. It looks incredible :D
ReplyDeleteOk you are adorable and I'm going there on Friday for the first time! Been dying to go for years but they haven't been open the last few years. Glad they were worth it! xoxo
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