Day Tripper - Vernal Utah

I was gone Wednesday evening through late Friday night to Women's Conference.  Steve had to leave Saturday morning to drive to Vernal to pick up some machinery his employees were using on a job there.  He was planning on taking Zac with him so Zac could get some practice time driving.  They were going to be gone all day.  I missed Steve terribly so the thought of him turning around and leaving as soon as I had returned home made me sad.  Also, I knew if I stayed home I would be cleaning house all day and that was so incredibly unappealing.  Also, about 10 years ago Steve did the floors for a new Dinosaur museum in Vernal, and I have been wanting to take the kids there ever since.  Plus our family theme this year is iStand and we are trying to visit as many temples this year as possible.  So factoring all that information in, it just seemed like the perfect opportunity for a day trip.  Emily had a few too many birthday parties to attend that day so she stayed behind, but the rest of us loaded into Steve's truck and headed out for the armpit of Utah Vernal.  

First stop (after lunch of course) was the temple.  The Vernal Temple was originally a tabernacle that was built in 1907.  Ninety years later it was completely gutted, leaving only the outside walls, and turned into a temple.  It was neat to see this historic building turned House of the Lord.

After leaving the temple we went to the museum.

Steve, checking out the floors to see how they were holding up after all these years.  These are some of the first footprints he ever put into a floor.  I must say, after 10 years the floors still look fabulous.  Good work dear.

Um, yeah.  This is the most awesome wall.  I want one.

Hold very still and maybe it won't see us....

Fluorescent minerals

The garden was lovely.  The weather was perfect.  No one wanted to get back into the truck for another 3 hour drive.  So we enjoyed hanging around here for a good while.

We found a shade tree with a lovely bench under it.  It was the perfect place for a little snooze.

(I totally want the fence below to be my fence.) 

Alas, the time came to finally board the vehicle and begin the journey home.  It was a fun day.  We saw some new and exciting sites.  The kids visited a museum their father did the floors in.  Zac did a great job driving.  I didn't have to clean my house (a fact that is very noticeable today, especially since I'm doing this post while still postponing the dirty job).  It was a fun adventure!