Salt Lake City

I interrupt your weekly ranch update with a review of our take on Salt Lake City!! 

We took two days off in a row, the first time since we’ve been here and snuck out for an adventure! 

The Great Salt Lake: This beaut reminded us of the ocean…salty smell, seagulls, sand and water! But this is no ocean….there only two living things in here! Brine shrimp and brine flies. The saltiness of the lake is 2-7 times saltier than the ocean 🌊 ! We could certainly tell this when the boys got out…their skin and shorts were covered in white! 

Downtown: We went down town for lunch and a walk around. Definitely felt far away from the ranch! We ate lunch at a Belgian cafe. Chase got the machine gun sandwich that was featured on Man vs Food…he won but he wasn’t feeling the best afterward 😬 we walked to the Utah Jazz stadium. Neat to be around, we were there the day before the game five playoff game! 

Donut falls Trail: with a name like that we had to try it out and it did not disappoint! The boys did great and we had a beautiful afternoon under the pines and aspen following a stream up to a waterfall. We had not seen grass, trees or green like that in sooooo long! 

Silver lake: beautiful meadow lake near a few ski resorts….I can not imagine being there during the winter. A sign said that area usually gets 33 feet of snow every winter! But it was beautiful in the spring!! The trail had a few spots that went out on the lake, so so pretty! 

Young Living Essential oil Lavender fields: I had no idea we were going to be driving by this. When we passed it on the way I figured we would have to try to stop by on the way home. They were so kind and welcoming! We just went walking out in the fields and they let us go snooping in their green houses! I will say that having done this gardening work I have a deeper respect for where oils come from. Really pretty and neat just to be able to walk in their lavender fields and see how it all starts. They also use the same drip line we do to irrigate the garden….so maybe we’re doing something right 😜

Food: 

-Big Daddy’s pizza…decent pizza. We were looking for something new and just stumbled upon it and would recommend it. 

-Kluck’s Krispy Chicken… maybe the best fast food fried  chicken I’ve ever had! Would recommend 10/10! 

-Donut Boy….after hiking donut falls we just had to have a donut 🍩 really tasty donut I must say! Not Lamars….but seriously I think the next runner up!

(We ate really healthy can you tell 🙈🙈🙈)

Hotel: 

-Country Inn and Suites…nothing to fancy but just fine for us! Hot breakfast included both mornings and an open indoor pool! And of course a couple of beds to rest and …jump on! 

It was a fun little get away. Certainly felt like we got off the ranch and got to explore something new!!