The bird is the word

Fresh off the family vacation to Moab the 6clarks were back on our next adventure within a matter of days. You see earlier this summer we bought a timeshare up at Snowbird's Cliff Lodge and because it was bought during the Summer the best weeks were already taken for 2008. The new purchase was use it or lose it so we snagged the week of Sept 20-27. Monday is crazy with Millie piano lessons, Millie tumbling and other shenanigans so we decided to head to Snowbird on Tuesday morning. Holly loaded the suburban up with the little kids(Quincy and Will) and was on her way. Well this is kind of true; she was trying to get out of the garage but the car wouldnt start. It seems the fuel pump went out. As we found out later the Chevy/GMC line of trucks are famous for having a fuel pump go out between 80k-100k miles. The suburban is currently at 89k. Anyway we ended up having to call a tow truck. After waiting for the tow truck and getting the older kids (Millie and Sambo) home from school it was now time to go. The tow truck driver showed us a cool trick to fix a fuel pump. He said if you climb under the car and hit the gas tank with a small sledge hammer it will cause the pump to work. Sure enough after 3 smacks the pump worked like a charm. Well we get to "The Bird" and this place is so pretty with the fall colors. As mentioned in the Moab post it is so much work to get out of the house, but so worth it once you get settled in.
Being so close to home the kids are still able to go to their lessons, practices and games. Last night we went down for Sambo's tumbling, Holly's young womens activity and Sam's young mens meeting. On the way home Wilbur explained to us in detail what happens when you die. He was pretty sure that when you die "you get to smell things that are healthy". None of us knew what he was talking about, but I am sure it was a step up from last week when he said he wanted to "shoot a missile in his head and die, so he could have his very own haunted mansion". Oh Wilbur!! Another cool thing is in the Cliff Lodge parking lot last night we saw 2 bull moose fighting over turf. Needless to say we valet parked.