Monday, January 19, 2009

Walking with Dinosaurs

Kristi and I went to a show on Saturday night called "Walking with Dinosaurs: The Live Experience" at the Energy Solutions Areana (Delta Center) in downtown Salt Lake City.

"Internationally renowned designers worked with scientists to create 15 life-size dinosaurs, including the terror of the ancient terrain, Tyrannosaurus-rex!" We were amazed and thrilled as the greatest creatures ever to walk the earth returned to life before our eyes. It was a dazzling spectacle where we watched them walk, heard them roar, and watched them fight for survival and supremacy. Quite amazing.

Here's a preview of what we saw...



My client friend Elizabeth "The Lizard" Eliason gave me the tickets to see the show. We had "rock star" seats center court on the third row!

From that vantage point this brachiosaurus was unbelievably huge!


Don't believe me... look at Kristi's expression!


Here here we are in the arena at intermission...


Kristi and I met at my office to carpool. When I asked who's car we were going to take, she said, "We're not driving... we're walking with dinosaurs"... and so we walked! It was a 14 block walk on a cold Utah winter night, but we had fun none-the-less!

Kate walks at a Margie Mach 1 pace so we got there in good time. To finish our night out after the show we rode a light-rail train back to our cars.

You can always count on Kate to make an interesting adventure even more interesting and... um, adventure-y.

We had a great time!
Thanks Elizabeth!

Here's a "making of" video about the show if you're interested.

6 comments:

Dan Ward said...

I'll have to check the videos out when I get home. Looks like a fun night. Kate certainly does have lots of adventures!

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David said...

Look like fun glad you did not burn any Dinosaurs up in your car on the way to see them.

Anonymous said...

Wow! What a super fun show to see ... how long is it going to be playing? Also, how do you get light rail from the E center? You must have walked two miles east to get on the train, right? I love the little cars that transport the Dino's around the stage. Can you imagine them driving past the Conference Center or Symphony Hall as a big crowd was get out of either? There would be some open mouths and get me out of here, I'll bet

Debbs said...

Your posts are so funny ...

Margie Mach 1 pace ... ROFLMpudunkadunkO