Youth Confrence

Sigh... yet another trip to salt lake... I dunno about you, but I am pretty much tired of traveling back and forth!

This past weekend I went to Youth Confrence, usually we would do it somewhere closer, but since the rise of gas prices, the bishop decided to let us go all out for one last time. So henceforth, our ward will never travel that far for youth confrence again. Unless by some miracle, that gas prices will lower to a resonable price.

The first day, we went to fillmore, where the first capital of Utah was built. They decided to name the city after the President at the time, which was President Millard Fillmore. They drew out the plans, and it looked great! After they built one section of the capital building, they didn't have enough funding to complete the project, and moved the capital to Salt Lake City. The building was then used for the city of fillmore.

We also went to the humanitarian center. We took a quick tour, and saw how they sort clothes to send to places in need. At the humanitarian Center they also send blankets, baby kits, stuff for orphanages, medical supplies, hygeine kits, clean water and food. That was a cool experience.

After that, we went to "This is the Place" Monument, where there is a pioneer village with people dressed as Pioneers. You can go and explore the houses, ride ponies, ride in a horsecart, make stuff, have relay races, ride a train car around the village, and if you get hungry, at the hotel there is a resturaunt. There is also a huge monument to mark where Brigham Young stopped and said "this is the right place." It was fun, but I highly recommend going in the fall or early spring when its cooler.

We traveled some more, and went to Temple square, and explored the temple grounds. We also saw the man who plays the organ during General Confrence playing in a building next to the temple! It was awesome! We also went to the fountain of reflections where the temple is reflected in the fountain, but it was windy and you could barely see the reflection because of the ripples. It was fun though!

After we were all done, we stayed the night at a leader's sister in law's house. We stayed up late and watched Penelope, (with the girl who had a pig nose) and it was really cute! I never saw any advertisements for it, but I liked it.

The next day we went to Lagoon! It was SO much fun! We rode on the White Rollercoaster, the Collossus (three times, I got a huge headache from it...), The Spider, Cliff Hanger The Rocket, The Bat, Rattlesnake rapids, and Wicked!! Wicked was so much fun! But it was waaaaaaaaayyyyyyy too short, when the line was too long. On the bright side, I have bragging rights! lol! We also rode on the Terror Ride. One of my friends, (Alyssa) was with me. There were a few people hiding on the ride, there was this one guy who was just flickering his flashlight on and off, and at the very end, Alyssa shouted "I dont like this ride!" and this kid swung around on a pole and shouted "I dont like it either!" I started laughing and Alyssa screamed, I think it was the only ride that I was laughing the entire time. It was mostly because Alyssa was all freaked out. It was funny because when I rode the white roller coaster, I was freaked out and Alyssa was laughing. I'm not going to lie, or be embarrassed about it, but here is a direct quote from Alyssa about me riding the White rollercoaster: "It was funny, Brittani sounded like she was screaming bloody murder!" The very first ride is always the scariest... and I am known for overreacting on rides. Just standing in line for Wicked almost made me sick! I am such a wimp. :(

That reminded me, our Bishop was so funny! I feel bad for him. He rode the tram that took you from one side of the park, to the other, and got sick, so he just sat on a bench the entire time... What a sacrifice for us kids!

We left Lagoon at four, so we could make it home at least by ten. I had a great time!

P.S. two more trips to salt lake to go! *sigh* feel free to post comments!