Utah - Lisa's Family

After we made the transfer from my family to Lisa's, our first stop was to pick up the race packet.  Lisa didn't run the race due to her foot, but her brother Chris ran it and used Lisa's bib info.

On the day of the races, we dropped Chris off at 3AM.  We had some time to kill so we made some signs to support the family's marathoners.  Before we could cheer on Angie and Chris though, we watched as Nate and Greg completed the 5K and Natalie, Erin, and Emily completed the 10K.

Lisa supported everyone.  It was fun to see her sign draw smiles.  One runner stopped to introduce himself so he would no longer be a total stranger.  Some even took pictures of Lisa with her sign.

Angie finished in 4:18.  This beat the time from her first marathon!

Chris finished with 5:11.  Mike was able to run about 10 miles with him to offer support.

Other signs:

 Later that night we had a July 24th BBQ with Lisa's uncle and aunt and their family.  It was nice to see everyone.  There was good food, games, and even a bounce house.

 We spent one of our mornings at City Creek Center.  This area of downtown was constructed after we moved, so it felt like we were in a different city.  It is a cool area.  Luckily there was a Fanzz so we were able to stock up on BYU gear.

We took Trax from City Center to the Gateway Plaza to see Batman.  Lisa and I had seen Batman with my family, but we had no problems going again.  All in all, we spent more time with Batman than we did with some family members.

We were also able to go the the Hogle Zoo with Zach on his 4th birthday.  He came with a Mario mustache and an awesome hat!

The bird show was great.  Lisa did not count any of these birds toward her Big Year though.

Hogle Zoo has made great improvements.  There is a nice area for bears now so they were able to bring back polar bears.  It was fun to watch the bear swim around on a hot day.

On our last night we went back downtown to go on a Ghost Tour.  We took a shuttle to the various haunted locations in Salt Lake City.

Our guide.

We didn't see any ghosts, but our cell phone app told us there were many around us on our tour.  But even without any sightings, it was a nice tour and a great way to end the vacation.