Day 15-SLC & Bear Lake

Day 15: Salt Lake City and Bear Lake
Good afternoon!! The Sneezys are back and better than ever.

Today we woke up at a late 7:00 (it is CRAZY to think of that as sleeping in) to the counselors blaring “Today is Gonna Be A Good Day.” Once the Happys got our luggage loaded up, we enjoyed a breakfast of honey buns, cuties, and apple juice. We then invaded the Mormons in Salt Lake City, Utah! We were able to tour the Temple Square. Many of us started our tour by taking photos of the surrounding statues (one of a seagull) and enjoyed the beautiful weather while sitting on the benches. The sisters of the Mormon Church enlightened us on the beliefs of the Latter Day Saints. The roof of the assembly hall depicted Utah’s state flower. Fun fact- these flowers are poisonous unless cooked properly. The significance behind this flower brings us back to the struggle of survival endured by the Mormons of Utah, as they were faced with starvation and cooked these flowers for food. We were in awe after learning of the treacherous experiences that the Mormons had to endure during their days. We also learned that the walls and pews were constructed from white pine wood. This is an optical illusion because they painted the wood to look like other objects. To our fascination, we learned that the Tabernacle’s does not need microphones. Nine bridges that radiate sound constructed the building’s roof. The experience was completed after an acoustic demonstration in the Tabernacle.

After each of the two groups finished their tours, we all headed over to Creek City Mall in Salt Lake City. The Creek City Mall is the largest mall in Utah! Many of us ventured over the Apple Store to contact over friends and family. While face timing parents, some of us saw Ty Barrel (famous actor in Modern Family). Others went to the Microsoft store to floss on Fortnite. Vanessa Posada placed 26th in her first game! She’s a natural. 

For lunch, we ate in the food court and some of us enjoyed our first Chic-fil-a meal since we left Mallard Creek Presbyterian Church. We were not the only people in the food court; the world-class rubik’s cube competitors joined us. These experts of their craft were capable of solving a rubik’s cube in less than 10 seconds (woah). After lunch, we met back at the bus and were not only greeting by counselors Daniel and John on the SAME electric scooter (the BIRD). We were also excited to greet Grant and counselor Katie’s husband (Matt) here to surprise her. Back on the bus, we continued our journey onward to Wally world. This is where the Dopeys gathered our meals for tonight and tomorrow and others got souvenirs and supplies. We continued on to our final destination of Bear Lake after a giant group hug in the middle of the entrance of Walmart.

We soon arrived to our campsite where the Dopeys began to prepare our meal for the night: fettuccini alfredo.  This dinner was one of the most delectable meals we’ve ever had!! After this amazing meal we had yet another contest. This time it was a water balloon toss! The first winners were the Dopeys, then the Bashfuls came out on top for the main attraction. We had extra balloons and it was time for WAR!! Since we were already wet, we all decided to go for a swim in Bear Lake. We used this lake expedition to bathe ourselves in the crisp Utah water. We dried off about an hour after swimming, having chicken fights, making tidal waves, and admiring the sunset casting over the Utah mountains.

Everyone changed out of their wet clothes and circled around for a sing-a-long. This one was special because Harrison Parrott (eagle scout) made an excellent fire for us to gather around. During our sing along, we had a fascinating interruption of a flash mob of the local campers around our campsite. We continued our beautiful melodies after shooing them away. We then finished off the night with some yummy s’mores and some solid tarp talks.






Chick-Fil-Bae



Group hug in Walmart



Bear Lake!

Grant Deaton telling us about the rest of the day



Who needs armpit hair?

Dopeys cooking dinner!

Sneezys (us) on the blog

Bashfuls making the water balloons




Thirsty? 

Ultimate Frisbee after dinner


Getting ready for fierce battle of the balloon toss





Dopeys placed first!

Bashfuls won the final competition of the night!










Bath time!







Harrison making the fire


Time for a sing-a-long






WORD!!!! PEACE!!!!! HAPPINESS!!!! JOY!!!!!



Sneezy gang out!