July 24th: Pioneer day

In 1847 the Pioneers discovered the valley of Salt Lake City and it was here that Brigham Young said: 'This is the place'. July 24th is a national holiday in Utah, commemorating this. At 9 a.m. the parade started and it was 2 hours long, viewing high schools, decorated floats, people on horses, and of course...the US army! Luckily we found a place in the shade to sit down, but slowely the sun was getting closer to us.
We decided to visit Clarcks planetarium where the IMAX theatre was. With our 3D glasses on our nouse we saw the underwaterworld of the Barrier reef. Must confess though: at one point I fell asleep and I woke up just in time to see that cute seal, giving a kiss to us.
Next museum stop was the Discovery center... a childrens hand-on museum... we did try a lot!
We had our lunch in the Lions house, which is the original house of Brigham Young and all his wives. Yes, it was a big house and it had several doors to enter, guess each wife had a key to a door.
In the afternoon we spent time cooling off in the hotel - watching TV. At 4 p.m. we went back outside to the parc where the pow wow was held. Here several Native Americans tribes were playing the drums and chanting while the Native Americans dance in their traditional dresses. It's a must see, even though it's hot and you have to sit on the grass for a long time. It is a competition between dansers of the same age group. The smallest ones are called tiny tods and they look really cute. Before the actual competition there is a big entrance with the different flags and all the dancers come in the circle. This is followed by a prayer in the Native language. The public is then invited to come into the circle and dance with the Native Americans.
We both enjoyed this very much.
The day ends with fireworks, of course!