We love exploring the great outdoors, but we also love finding fun indoor adventures for our family to try. Whether we are learning at a museum, jumping on trampolines, and tasting chocolates, our family enjoys a good indoor adventure.
The Pioneer Memorial Museum is sort of like the headquarters for all Daughters of the Utah Pioneer museums. This museum is most famous for housing the wagon that carried Brigham Young into the Salt Lake Valley. There is also a really cool horse-pulled fire engine that has been beautifully restored. (These were obviously…
Last weekend we decided to try the Fort Douglas Museum up by the University of Utah. It is a small war museum, and it is free! The entire time we walked through the museum, we kept saying we should have brought Grandpa who is a veteran. Luckily, we found out he…
Today we had a great indoor adventure at Scheels. Scheels is a lot like Cabela's, but instead of just hunting and fishing gear, Scheels has all kinds of ESPN type sporting goods, too. Of course, we didn't go for the shopping but for the adventure. There is a ton to see…
One of our favorite free activities in Utah is a visit to the Hill Aerospace Museum in Roy. You can spot this museum when you drive through the Ogden area on the east side of the road. There are huge airplanes on display outside and inside at this amazing museum. And…
We have been wanting to go to the BYU Dinosaur Museum (as my 4 year old calls it) for a long time, and we finally made it! The BYU Museum of Paleontology is located just West of BYU's football stadium. It is FREE, but donations are accepted. There are really great…
Every January the Ophir, Tintic, & Western Train Club (OTW) host a model train show at Thanksgiving Point. This exhibition has lots of different model train enthusiasts who set up their displays for those who attend to enjoy. There are also vendors with train products, plus hands-on activities for the kids.…