More July Visitors and fun

Aunt Tuny came to visit Mom

Flags and pretty clouds.

Here's where Katie's Family ended up sitting.

 

https://www.zionponderosa.com/accommodations/cabins/cowboy-cabins/

When we got home from Salt Lake, (after a stop at WINCO for some grocery staples and Lehi to say hi to Sumida's). (And a car nap for me in Fillmore), we  unpacked the car, called Mom and decided to go out to eat with them at Pizza Hut. Aunt Tuny was here to visit Mom, and we'd not seen her yet.

Casey and Katie called, too, that evening and asked to spend their last vacation night at our house instead of in the Cowboy Cabin they'd rented at the Zion Ponderosa Ranch Resort ( see link above).* They met us at the SUU football stadium Wednesday night after dinner and bathroom breaks and we all watched the Pioneer Legacy Celebration. It was long, but very good. Very loud.  GREAT fireworks after. We were home by 11 pm as we'd all walked. Between baths for kids and all...it was midnight before we were in bed. So tired! 

Mike and I sat on hard aluminum bleachers, Kate and family sat on the turf by the track for this Pioneer Day musical program. We were all not comfortable, any of us, but it was okay.  The PREshow was from about 8:30 to 9 :15, then a 15 minute intermission where Hayden and Corbin walked home. They came back, but it was too dark to find us, so they just watched the remainder of the show from elsewhere in the stadium. 

The next morning, I had to get up early to water and pick stuff. LOTS of stuff.

Eggplant, onions, cucumber, raspberries, lettuce, peas, Peppers, green beans. So fun.

Sadly, this happened, too. Someone should have watered more while we were away Sunday through Wednesday. I don't think the corn will bounce back, but some of the squash might.

Kate and her family had breakfast, packed up and headed off to Denver on Thursday morning by 11 am. A memorable vacation, for sure! 

* When the Rossman clan got to the resort and checked in, they were given a door/key code for "Cabin 7". Nobody could get the code to work. They could see inside the windows and thought, "This is small and tight, but we can make it work." Katie tried the code one last time and the kids are all clamoring for her to go have them fix the code so they can get in. Then Katie looked at the map again...oops! Wrong area! THESE were the LUXURY cabins!! If those small, squishy ones wete luxury, then WHAT were the "Cowboy Cabins" going to be like?!?! They drove on, and as soon as they caught sight of their cabin around the bend, they ALL burst out laughing. The Cowboy Cabins were MINISCULE. So so small. ( About 250 square feet). No bathroom. No air-conditioning. No kitchenette . There were beds, but not really good quality. There was a box fan and there were windows, but they only tried to sleep. And really didn't. They DID spend time in the pool, on a jeep adventure ride, hiking in Zion National Park and visiting friends in St. George at a backyard barbecue.  Thus, the idea of having "true Luxury" at Hotel Liebhardt was really appealing. I asked Casey how that last night of sleep was. "Truly luxurious. I didn't have to put my shoes on to go use the bathroom. Soft comfy bed, air conditioning no climbing over people or luggage to move about...truly luxurious!"

They have decided they are not " roughing it" kind of people!!