Last night Scott and I took the kids on a road trip up to Midway UT. We went to the Zermatt Resort! Ok.. ok... more so we went to the Zermatt Resort parking lot! Why?? To see THIS!
Scott had been up to Park City a few weeks ago for bussines and had seen this great collection of 'ice sculptures' (though I am not really sure what you would call them... not so much sculptures... maybe frozen fountains?). Anywho.... Scott has always thought these were cool so to see a whole bunch of huge ones in one spot was really cool! It is like and Icy wonderland!! The cost is only 2$ per person over 3yrs. Can you believe that!?? TWO BUCKS!!?? Yep... just 2$ per person. You get to spend as long as you like wandering around the beautiful ice formations, touching them (carefully of course), sitting on ice benches, and walking through a giant ice tunnel! SO SO SO COOL!!! (in more ways than one... dress warm! lol)
After we spent some time wandering this frozen art museum we went into the little warming hut where you pay. It doesn't exactly seem like you can go in, but the nice man told us we could bring the kids in to warm them up whenever we liked since they were freezing before we even got started. Once in the cozy warm shack we were able to talk to the creator himself (he happened to be the nice gentleman who invited us in) It was fascinating to talk to him about the experience of creating something so amazing. You could see how excited he was to share his vision come to life. This was the first year he was able to to do it, but if Zermatt is smart they will invite him back for years to come!! I hope so because he was saying how much he learned this year and that he wants to make it even bigger and better next year... maybe even put a skating rink in the middle.... HOW COOL WOULD THAT BE!???
The 'exhibit' is open for only one more week!!! Less than that even, I think Sunday the 28th is the last day. It is open daily from 3-9 pm. It is gorgeous in the sun and in the dark. If you have ANY spare time this week you should SO GO SEE THIS!!!! It truly is breathtaking. Here are some more pictures I took while up there last night. (and yes TSstudio is me... I label all my good shots. lol)
Amalyssa was our photographer.... at lest she did get our heads in right!? lol
This truly is a must see if you can squeeze it into your schedule at all this week!!!! I would love for this gentleman to have the opportunity to do this again next year and I am sure he will if they can get a great reputation going.
As for the trip home that was a bit interesting. Here is a brief run down.
-Kids were noisy and squeally the ENTIRE way home.
-Braden frantically announces his need to go 'poopy' when we are halfway through the canyon and at least 20 min from any restroom.
-He is amazing and holds it until we get back to civilization where we stop an Arbys for him to go.
-p.s. this is the third time I have been to THIS Arbys since 5:00. (once to call Scott and find out he was stuck in traffic, then to actually order some food for the drive, and lastly to use the restroom.)
-We drive over to the Sugar house park where we had met and left Scott's car. We found his car with the lights on. Ummm.... it is NOT suppose to be able to DO that!?? It has an automatic light shutoff.
-We check the car to make sure there is nobody in side hot wiring it, then test the battery... which is of course dead.
-We drive to the nearest Auto Zone to buy a new battery (since he knew he needed one anyway) and jumper cables
-we drive back to his car only to find that this time it starts up just fine *sigh*
-At this point my gas light comes on
-We drive to the nearest gas station and put a few bucks in
-FINALY we are back up on the interstate and headed for home when Amalyssa says "I need to go to the bathroom!!"
-My response..... "HOLD IT!"
Sigh.... It was an adventure to say the least. But it was TOTALLY WORTH every second of frustration getting home to have seen such a beautiful sight!!
As for the trip home that was a bit interesting. Here is a brief run down.
-Kids were noisy and squeally the ENTIRE way home.
-Braden frantically announces his need to go 'poopy' when we are halfway through the canyon and at least 20 min from any restroom.
-He is amazing and holds it until we get back to civilization where we stop an Arbys for him to go.
-p.s. this is the third time I have been to THIS Arbys since 5:00. (once to call Scott and find out he was stuck in traffic, then to actually order some food for the drive, and lastly to use the restroom.)
-We drive over to the Sugar house park where we had met and left Scott's car. We found his car with the lights on. Ummm.... it is NOT suppose to be able to DO that!?? It has an automatic light shutoff.
-We check the car to make sure there is nobody in side hot wiring it, then test the battery... which is of course dead.
-We drive to the nearest Auto Zone to buy a new battery (since he knew he needed one anyway) and jumper cables
-we drive back to his car only to find that this time it starts up just fine *sigh*
-At this point my gas light comes on
-We drive to the nearest gas station and put a few bucks in
-FINALY we are back up on the interstate and headed for home when Amalyssa says "I need to go to the bathroom!!"
-My response..... "HOLD IT!"
Sigh.... It was an adventure to say the least. But it was TOTALLY WORTH every second of frustration getting home to have seen such a beautiful sight!!
