Jon Sheppard’s Blog

A couple of weekends ago, several of us from OrangeSoda competed in the First Annual Utah Valley Race All Night Competition. My four-person team was made up of my wife Landry, Amber, Michael, and myself. The prize for the winner was an all-expenses-paid trip to Cancun, Mexico and we really wanted to go to Mexico! We didn’t win but we had a blast. Landry couldn’t walk the day after and I was as completely drained for a couple of days afterward.

Here’s a list of the activities in the order in which we did them:

Day 1 - Friday

• Searched for hidden pieces of paper all over Owlz Stadium at UVU



• Played arcade games at Trafalga until we got 50 tickets
• John Hutchingson Museum
• Home #6 on the Parade of Homes on Traverse Mountain
• Statue Hunting in Downtown Provo



• Seven Peaks Waterpark to slide down “The Free Fall”. I pushed Landry down because she was too scared to do it on her own!
• A car dealership in Lindon to test drive a car to the Purple Turtle and Discovery Park



• Bajio’s in Orem for shrimp tacos



• Coldstone Creamery in Spanish Fork to eat a half gallon of ice cream before they would let us move on!




• Bowled in Payson




• Sundance for mountain biking, hiking, and limerick writing
• My Noah’s for billiards and wallyball
• After Midnight - BYU to take pictures of campus landmarks
• After points were tallied, we were in 3rd place out of 30 teams. We were in bed by 2:00 a.m. at SCERA Park and back up again at 3:45 a.m.

Day 2 - Saturday

• 5:10 a.m. - Hiked Y Mountain
• Canoed on Provo River down by CLAS Ropes Course
• Ice Cream at the Big Red Barn
• Lavender Farms for paddle boats and rock climbing
• Spring Lake for trout fishing
• Krishna Temple in Spanish Fork for walking llamas around an obstacle course





• River rafted down Provo Canyon
• Corporate Alliance Hub for Pride & Prejudice Era dance lessons. (Glad I don’t have any pictures!)
• Springville Museum of Art for I Spy-like activity
• The Quarry rock gym for rock climbing. By this time, we were absolutely exhausted, our bodies were shaking.
• Texted on phones at the Sprint store in Orem
• Back to SCERA Park by 2:00 p.m.

It really was a once-in-a-lifetime experience but I would have to seriously think about it before doing it again! Check out the official website for the race.

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