Circus Adventure: Toquerville Falls.

We've recently decided that with all our visits down south to Sand Hollow and St. George, it's about time we actually start exploring the area and seeing some new things.  There are so many places we haven't discovered yet.

So when I got word that such a thing as Toquerville Falls existed, I knew it had to be added to our Labor Day Weekend trip to Sand Hollow (here).

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We found directions to find the falls on THIS post.  My only correction would be the street you turn on is actually Spring Dr. not Spring St.  A small detail, but one that made us question if we were going the right way.

Be fair warned that you do need a vehicle with higher clearance.  My brother drove a Subaru car up and he scraped a few times.

I would highly suggest find this place.  Being as we visited it on Labor Day Weekend, it was crowded with a lot of people.  But I know others who have visited and had the entire place to themselves.  I'm keeping this puppy on my to do list for the next time we head south so we can check it out and play on it when it's not crowded.  Also, the water in the bottom pool was stirred up when we were there.  I'd like to visit it when we can see the bottom better.

Regardless, we had fun.  

Everyone jumped off the bottom fall, including our dog, Milo.  Now that was a sight to see.  I wish he would have told me he was planning on doing that so I could have caught it on camera.  As it is I only have him checking it out behind West as West jumped...

West (and Strider and Milo)

And then in the water after West pulled him out from under the falling water.  I think Milo got a little disoriented with the water falling all around him and he didn't seem to know what to do.  West had to grab him and pull him out.

Milo, West, Sean

After that people kept asking if we could make our dog jump again.  Truth be told, we're not sure he even did it on purpose the first time.

Please keep in mind, when jumping from a waterfall, it's important to wear a frog floatie.

Cali

Safety first.

Jayme

Tayler

Cali jumping with cousin Brenna.

Casidee

Sean

Brynn

Sean

This would be the trip that Casidee cut open the bottom of her foot.  But not from jumping.  She simply cut it by standing there.  Well, on a sharp rock.  So take note, as I would suggest with any publicly known adventure, take water shoes of some sort.  If the rocks don't get you, the broken glass will.  Generally speaking, not necessarily here at Toquerville Falls.

I think next time we go I'm going to spend a little more time on the upper part of the falls.  I like the view from up there.

Tayler

 And of course we drug all our family and friends with us.  When you go on an adventure with us, you can't miss out on any of it.

Hanging with Grandma Julie.

Mountain Mike's Utah.

When it comes to feeding the masses that is my family, I have two options that work well.

The first being pizza.

Because, pizza.

And the second being a buffet restaurant.

Because, kids serving themselves and being able to get up from the table regularly.  It's a recipe for success when eating out with kids.

So when we find a pizza buffet, that tends to bring out some excitement for us.

Recently we've discovered Mountain Mike's.  They offered a variety of pizzas, garlic bread, pasta, and a salad bar.  We've been to another pizza buffet before and it seemed we were always waiting for them to bring out fresh pizza.  That wasn't the case at Mountain Mike's.  The pizza never ran low, and the dessert pizza (because let's face it, dessert pizza is the best part of a pizza buffet) never ran out.  The Man and I have been there twice this week already.

Mountain Mike's in Utah is celebrating it's 7 year anniversary.

7 years!

How am I just now hearing about them?

So I'm spreading the word.

They also do take out and delivery, like a regular pizza joint.

Check out their website here.  Sign up for their coupon club while you're there.

And give them a like on their facebook page here.

Take your kids there and let them know The Circus sent you.  It won't mean anything to the employees, but it would be funny thing to tell them.

Let us know when you're heading over there, we'll go with you.

We did receive compensation in the form of pizza for writing this post, but the words and opinions are completely my own.

Give Away: Slide the City

Let's be honest with one another here.

Slip-n-slides are the stuff that summer is made of.

Well, that and popsicles.

And while we're being honest here, let's just go ahead and admit that we never really grow out of our toys.  

They just get bigger.

I don't know about you, but these pictures say it all for me.

This is happening in Salt Lake City.

I. Am. So. There.

*insert happy dance here*

A 1000 ft slip-n-slide stretched down Main Street from the Capitol to Temple Square.

This will be a family friendly event with music, food, and drinks.  Main Street will be closed to traffic, obviously.  But the shops on the street will still be open.  The event itself is free, but there is a ticket price to slide down the slip-n-slide.  Inner tubes will be provided, and the slide will be padded.  Squirt guns and water balloons are encouraged.  If you don't want to ride the slide you can still come, grab some food, and maybe instigate a water fight.  The slide is for everyone 48 inches or taller.

More event info and ticket purchases for the slip-n-slide can be found on the Slide the City website HERE.

I have some good news for you.  I get to give away  two all day slide passes to one lucky reader.

This is the give away of the summer.

So grab a friend and enter through the rafflecopter below.  As always, it's easy to enter.  Just follow and share.  The give away opens now and will stay open until midnight July 10th.  Daily entries are available so come back and enter as many times as you want.  The winner will be notified by email on July 11th so make sure the email you use for the rafflecopter is a current one.  (Yes, I've run into this problem before... ahem, Gail)

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Let's meet up.

I'll race you to the bottom!