KaBoom! Goes the Poka Dots!

The city of Logan maintains a tradition of holding their fireworks celebration on the night of July 3rd. We're not sure of the official reason, but our theory is so that they don't compete with the shows down south in the state. Having the local show the night before has usually worked out well for us, as I have had to be in Salt Lake over the last few years for soccer games on the Fourth.

This year, however, Real Salt Lake moved their Independence Day game to the third in order accommodate ESPN's schedule. The result was that while I worked the game in Salt Lake (you can find my story here) Amber and Ashley caught the Logan fireworks with some old friends, the Littles.

Our Fourth started with a drive up Logan Canyon where we hiked the Limber Pine trail. We heard that it was not a strenuous route, so we took that as meaning it could handle a jogging stroller. There were some tricky spots, but the stroller totally worked out. Taking an easy pace, we enjoyed the wild flowers that lined the trail, beautiful mountain scenery of the canyon surrounding it, and the majestic overlook of Bear Lake toward the end of the walk.

In our last post we mentioned that grilling drumsticks was our favorite summer treat. We lied. Sorry, we'll try not to let it happen again. I had forgotten about another fun creation we learned to grill last summer - pizza. It's a fun meal to make, and yummy to eat.

The day ended with a trip out to Lewiston to partake in their tradition of fireworks. The show was great, and lasted about as long as Ashley cared to watch. She loved to watch the pretty colors in the sky. And when ever there was a break in the action she would ask, "More poka-dots!?"