Our Independence “Staycation”

Staycations are all the rage now as people are unwilling to spend a ton of money traveling and prefer to stay local and visit places close to home.  Brian’s work was closed this week so we did some fun stuff while he was home.  On July 2, we went to the Living Planet Aquarium.  On July 3, we hiked to Upper Silver Lake in American Fork Canyon, then went farther up the canyon to Cascade Springs because I love that place.  After we hiked around, Scott thought we should drive on over the mountain because we’d never done that before, so we went to Heber and had shakes at Granny’s.  After dark we did our fireworks in the driveway.  On July 4, we opened presents for my birthday and Scott gave me an iPod Nano and armband to replace my old classic shuffle.  We hung around the house, Scott BBQ’d shish-ka-bobs and we had our own personal cakes for my birthday.  In the evening, we went to the Salt Lake Bees baseball game and watched the fireworks at Spring Mobile Ballpark.  Fun!