Saturday
The day started off slowly; once it got a little momentum behind it, it proceeded rather well.

We met Joe, Ty and Little Miss Courtney for shopping and lunch at Fashion Place Mall. My vote for the most cute part of this excursion: We got into the mall and went to get a stroller for the then-sleeping Courtney. As soon as Joe lowered her into the stroller, she awakened. Moments later, the still-tired whining/crying began. It stopped, about 00:00:05 later, as soon as Courtney realized that she was moving. In fact, I believe that there was an almost giddy “Oooh!” to be heard just as the whining/crying stopped.

After that, we headed north to Antelope Island. I think that it should be renamed “I-didn’t-see-any Antelope Island,” but that’s another story. What we did see were mosquitoes. LOTS of them. Mostly, on the causeway between the mainland and the island. And they were not small. When we got to the island, we wandered around for a while. It was fairly calm when we got there, but the weather changed while we were there and it got quite windy. Joe and I took pictures of some of the scenery (pictures will be made available when I get a chance to transfer and edit them). We looked for the antelope and the buffalo that are supposed to be on the island. Hundreds of them, according to the stories that I have heard. We saw four (4) buffalo. That’s it. Oh, well.

Returning to SLC, we went to Redrock Brewing Company for dinner. Mmmm. Honey Wheat beer.

We came home for a bit before heading bowling. Bowling wasn’t bad; the alley was only half-full, if that full. Of note here: Courtney got a couple of strikes. Why is this noteworthy? Well, aside from the “because I said so” factor, how about: “Because she’s 2½ years old.” She was using one of the kids’ racks (looks like an elongated “S” and uses gravity to give the ball enough momentum to travel the length of the lane). She was rather ecstatic when she saw that she had knocked down all of the pins.

Traditional post-bowling breakfast was next. Nothing of major importance to note here.

That’s it. I’m going to bed. Tomorrow is the Park City trip and I should probably get some rest before it.

Namaste.