There were also a few vintage cars.
And a favorite of mine - Smokey the Bear. I can still sing the song I learned in grade school - well mostly. Funny thing is when I got home to look at the pics - I didn't really have any pics of the balloonists!
Friday night after McKenna got home from a week long SUU Health Careers Camp, she had made us a little scavenger hunt around our great town. The rules were everyone had to be in at least one picture out of 17 stops per team. Each of the 4 teams had different stops so we all got a little different look at Panguitch. She loves Panguitch and she wanted to share her love of it with the relatives. So skip through the next several photos or enjoy a scenic snapshot of Panguitch.
Who would have ever thought there would be giraffes in Panguitch but there are! There are 3 giraffes just across the highway from our house Addison found to pose with!
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The skate park and Ryan:
Garrett met John Wayne:
Landon found the Internet Lounge at the new Gem Theater.
Jay found the fire station:
Leighton and I found the Quilt Walk Statue:
Ryan found a bobcat
McKenna found the old fire station in the background:
Jason found 10 boxes of cereal:
McKenna found an old shed:
Jessica found the pop room:
The next morning after breakfast burritos and watching the balloons float by our house we loaded up in search of some ice caves up near Panguitch Lake. On the way there we passed by this huge sink hole of volcanic rock.
Garrett and Ryan walked nearly to the bottom of the sink hole until they were called back up to get on our way.
We stopped for lunch (or nooned as the pioneers would have said) along a meadow.
Leighton was quite the adventurer. She walked or scooted over many a bump in the road while we were stopped for lunch.
Of course Jeff brought his glock and several took turns shooting it.
This little guy - Kyle - just made me smile the whole time. We bought a bunch of spray bottles - instead of squirt guns - and while we were stopped for lunch he just walked up and attacked Garrett! Loved it!
We started out through the trees to look for these allusive ice caves. It reminded me of tromping around with my dad - "Oh I know it's around here somewhere - just around that next bend!"
Garrett found several trees like this to jump up on.
A view half way up to the top.
Finally we found a way up and standing on top of the world! Beautiful view!
I asked Garrett to get some shots of the ice caves while I waited with Leighton (I am also extremely claustrophobic). He said they really opened up once you crawled inside - but alas no proof! Maybe we will have to make another trip!
MMMMM!!! Leighton raiding dad's backpack - wonder what else is in there?
What adventure like this wouldn't be complete unless you have a vehicle meltdown? Our truck got a flat on the way back but with so many to help we were back on the road in no time.
Ahhh - the piece de resistance - the Balloon Glow! Saturday night all the balloons line main street and fire up just enough to stay inflated. It's a wonderful highlight of the weekend. The town turns out and many other people which makes us wonder where do all these people come from!
This pic is a bit blurry but I love the view of all the balloons just going up.
So many girls, so many booths, so many balloons, so many bands, so little time!
"Don't mind me I'm just walking here." Leighton refused to be carried - she just wanted to walk it on her own! Quite a challenge considering all the other pedestrians out?
Back in time - at the house Jay had brought a little campfire that the kids just roasted marshmallows around. My hardest part with this was not tossing any garbage into it!
The last morning of the balloon festival a balloon landed just right next door to us in the neighboring field! There were about 25-30 balloons out and about! Just a fun time!
All in all it was a great reunion. It was great to share our little town with Jeff's family and we loved the time visiting with them.
Who's on for next year!?!
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