Adventures in Utah - Part III

Training Day

When I look back on this trip to Utah, one of the things I will remember is the copious amounts of Olympic Coverage we watched. Admittedly, although a quasi athlete, I have never been much of an Olympic watcher. I have converted, due to several reasons:

1. Watching (live) France's mens relay team get their stuff handed to them by the U.S mens relay. (Awesome.)
2. The U.S. women's gymnastics team and their class act when clearly there seemed to be some shady stuff going down.
3. Michael Phelps and the gold medal extravaganza
4. This lady
So, when the opportunity arose to go check out the Olympic park in Utah, I was all for it. I had no idea however how much the boys would absolutely love it (And it was FREE). They have established a museum there that archives the memorabilia from the winter Olympics. We had a great time.

Future bobsledding team

A family team

Our future Olympic Skier

Who is this guy, and why is he saluting?

We witnessed athletes (at what looked like an athletic camp that day) training on their skis, sliding down giant slopes into a giant pool. I thought the boys were going to tear up with excitement at watching the people ski down the slope and do flips into an enormous pool.

The anticipation

I never got a good picture of a flip or a splash. This one will have to do.

It was worth the 14 hour trip just to watch this little guy's eyes light up and listen to his deep belly laugh at every flip and splash.

Love'en it

YES, this is how we roll....Here we are leaving the Olympic Park. We look a little rough...but we're fierce travelers

We felt so inspired, we decided to do a little training of our own.

(Sam is totally secure enough to rock the pink inner tube)
We wanted to save Sol for the other heats, so he took a nap while the rest of the crew hit the water
Great job Athletes!