Wedding road trip part three (Hooper Springs)

 Because keeping small (/medium/large) children entertained and happy and out of the way while the church cultural hall was transformed for the wedding reception sounded m-i-s-e-r-a-b-l-e, Grandma and Pops offered to lead an expedition into Soda Springs to check out some local attractions. We happily tagged along!

 First stop was to a grocery store for kool-aid and other supplies; we sent Chuck in and took pictures while he was gone :). Isn't my niece Courtney darling? I miss her.

 Then it was off to Hooper Springs (after discovering the cool local geyser was out of order. Lame.) As we drove through Soda Springs, I jokingly played the part of tour guide and pointed out funny things and made up 'fun facts' about houses and such.

And (unbeknownst to me) Courtney took pictures of everything I pointed out, hahaha! These were some of my favorites - the turquoise shade of one roof, the awesome gated area on another :). I love that we have this aspect of the trip recorded!

And then we pulled in to Hooper Springs Park:

 

 The first order of business was to dip our cups into the spring of natural soda water so everyone could have a taste of it in its original form.

 It basically tastes like tonic water and most of us spit it back out - some unfortunately back into the spring itself (cough, Mallory, cough, Will).

 Pops easily guzzled down a cup; he grew up on the stuff :). And we liked the sign that clarified it was for drinking, not swimming... hopefully everyone else who visits follows that rule!

 Thennnn things got delicious; Pops mixed the water with kool-aid for a slightly fizzy concoction that went over muuuuch better with me the kids.

 It's blurry, but I love Jack's little red kool-aid moustache.

 After a few more minutes of running around and kool-aid drinking time, we piled back into the van for the drive back to the church for the reception.

Such cute little apple slice eaters!