Last
night we went downtown to see the lights on Temple Square. It has been quite a
few years since we’ve been, so the boys were super excited. In fact, we
realized as we were driving that we haven’t been to see the lights since we
moved and were no longer living across the street from a Trax station. Malia
heard us say “train” and suddenly she was very excited about riding a train.
Too bad we were driving in the car…
But
Kevin had a stroke of genius as we were looking for a parking spot downtown and
he chose a spot just across from the Trax station that is one stop away from
Temple Square so we could take advantage of the free ride zone and ride one
stop from our car to our destination. Malia was thrilled when we got on the
train…and quite put out when we got off just a minute later. She kept saying,
“I want to ride the train! I want to ride the train!”
But
she was distracted just a few minutes later when she caught a glimpse of all
the lights. And we enjoyed a nice walk around Temple Square and through the
visitors’ centers. There were far fewer people than we expected so it would
have been a delightful leisurely stroll if it hadn’t been so cold. It was only about
18 degrees and after a while we started going numb. We plan to go back another
time so we can spend more time in the visitors’ centers (the boys all wanted to
stay longer and see everything, but we didn’t have time) but I think we’ve
decided that we’ll always go to see the lights on a weekday early in December.
The lack of huge numbers of people made the whole thing just a little bit more
enjoyable.
