We drove down to Orem yesterday afternoon to go to the high school play
that our granddaughter Stephanie was part of and to pick up our son Jared
who was flying in from Denver for Thanksgiving. We’re right now in the Park
and Wait area at the Salt Lake City airport. Jared’s flight should have
arrived about fifteen minutes ago. A sign in the waiting area tells which
flights have arrived so those waiting know when to drive over and pick up
arriving passengers. It’s a good system, but flawed. The passenger is
through baggage claim before the arrival is posted. But, if the passenger
only had carryon, then it is a long wait before the folks in Park and Wait
see the flight arrival info. So we usually end up driving around the loop
“just to make sure.”

The play at Timpanogas High School was cute. The kids did a great job and a
couple of them had very nice singing voices. Most of the technical stuff
worked last night (as opposeed to the night before). The kids are so
intense and some of the performers are over the top. Granddaughter played
her part very well and had a great time.

It did remind me of participating in the high school plays in Soda Springs
almost 45 years ago. The school had a one-act play festival in the fall and
a full production play in the spring. In addition, the Church put on a
musical each year. I participated in all these productions and played the
male lead in the spring play my senior year. We thought we were great
stuff. Nothing has changed in the intervening years. These kids are indeed
“great stuff”!!