They ran in and out of the river about a million times. Lulu is a very brave swimmer and was quick to hop in and cool off. Rudy was a bit more hesitant, but was lured across the river and was literally jumping with pride.
We enjoyed a great hike up the river, playing in the logs, and stacking rocks. Art did a little tanning (ie. sunburned), and I attempted to play in the water (SOO cold!) We had lunch by the river and spent the afternoon lazying about in the shade.
We decided to head to 'Moose Meadow' (we saw 6-7 moose there one night on the way home from a backpack) for dinner. We met a guy with a yellow lab, a serious hunting dog, so we let the dogs play and fetch while I cooked overlooking the meadow. Could I get that view out my kitchen window? After a long day of sun, water, bugs, and hiking we decided to head home to shower and sleep. We stopped at Dick's on our way for shakes and then drove back through Heber and Provo Canyon (we are a big fan of loop trips).
(So glad to be married to this cute boy for 6 years!)
Our helicopter tour took us around the U and downtown Salt Lake. Art was terrified (his only experience in a helicopter he was unconscious)... I was in heaven! They took the doors off the helicopter so you could lean out and see the whole view. It was a really clear day and the city looked amazing.
(We forgot our camera, so I was attempting to take pictures with my phone. Now, I have to figure out how to get those pictures onto my computer - hmmm?)
Our next stop was the State Capital... Art had never been, but I go every year on a field trip. I am always telling him about all the cool things up there so we decided to go check it out. It was cool (appearance and temperature). (I have great pics of the capital from the helicopter, wouldn't that be great inserted here?)
We wanted to stop at the Gateway and visit the Apple store. Art (and the company he works for) build all the furniture for Apple. I've spent the last year hearing about "Apple Tables" and "Genius Bars" but I had never seen them. So we popped into Apple to check out his work. We probably looked a bit silly; while most were excitedly testing the ipad, we were closely inspecting the glue joints and corner miters.
They don't look that fancy, but they have all these hidden features and cost about $10,000. I have a dozen of the legs in my basement that were deemed unusable for some reason (they have VERY high standards at Art's work). So I have $5000 garbage in my basement?
Our last stop was Donovan's Steakhouse in downtown Salt Lake. It was, by far, the best meal I have ever eaten. It was very expensive (thankfully we had a gift certificate), and the restaurant was really quiet, so we pretty much had it to ourselves. We both had Fillet Mignon that was so insanely good - wow. They also gave us free dessert because it was our anniversary and my birthday. We had Creme Brulee and Chocolate Mousse cake. Oh my gosh - mind blowingly delicious. Art had never had Creme Brulee and could hardly speak it was so good.
We had leftovers (the entire mousse cake) that we couldn't eat so we boxed them up and enjoyed them for lunch on Sunday. Even the leftovers were amazing!We ended the weekend with dinner at Mom's and fruit tarts for birthday cake... I have to say it was a fabulous birthday and anniversary!
