Unfortunately, we had the wrong tent poles for this tent. It took a long time and all of our efforst to make the thing stand.

This is the best we could do.

After only a few hours, the wind started blowing really hard and there was lighting striking everywhere. Our unstable tent was blown down. We decided that since our tent was such a sad sight, we had better pack up and leave. Fine with me!!!

Unfortunately, the wind and lightning gave way to a downpour, so after only 5 or 6 hours we decided to pack up and go home. If we'd had a more stable tent, we might have been able to last the night, although I must not lie. I was happy to be going home.

But before we left, we had to eat our foil dinners! They were delicious.

On Monday we decided to go to Kennecott Mine, which is located on the east side of the Salt Lake Valley.

This is what the mine looks like. It is one of two man made objects on earth that can be seen by astronauts from outer space. (The other object is the Great Wall of China). It's 3/4 of a mile deep and 2 1/2 miles wide.

This is a tire for the humongous tractor things they use to carry the dirt. Boyd is 6'4" so the tire is probably 12-15 feet tall. I wouldn't want to get in the way of something that big, that's for sure!