Welcome to Utah

We've finally found it! After more than a year of searching for a new supplier for our signature covered wagon used in our Welcome to Utah gift basket, we've hit pay dirt. Look for this gift basket to be available on our site again within the next few weeks.

Please be sure to visit The Utah Gift Basket.com for more great gifts to send from Utah, use coupon code utah2010 and receive 15% off your next order

Tina D.
TD Gift Solutions, LLC

The Utah Food Co-op

The Utah Food Co-op - I stumbled across this resource about three or four years ago.  It's a great local Utah tool bringing great fresh food to your table and giving back to the local Utah economy. 

Here's how it works. Through the co-op local produce, meats, breads and fair trade items are done as a pre-planned purchase in bulk.  The co-op then turns those savings over to local Utahns for up to a 50% savings on great food.  The items are set up as  a share ( a share being fruits, vegetables, meats). Local Utahns login to the Utah co-op site each month an determine how many shares they want to buy  (no commitment on what months you want to buy a share).

Just to give you an idea of the great savings 1 share cost $24.00 and you get the following (meat, fruit and vegetables choices change each month based on the season):

a share for vegetarians and produce lovers

• 2 lbs. Green Grapes
• 5 Apples
• 3 Grapefruits
• 2 Red bell peppers
• 1 Head red leaf lettuce
• 3 Cucumbers
• 5 Roma tomatoes
• 5 lbs. Red Potatoes

quality meat items

• 1 lb. lean ground beef
• 4 6oz. boneless pork chops
• 2 lb. boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 1 lb. beef stew meat

If you have a house full of carnivores like mine then you can buy extra meat shares for just $15.00. You can see how this would definitely put a great savings in your pocket.

Ok, now that I have pitched the Utah Food Co-op idea on to the real reason I like sharing this resource. . . . It makes a great gift for those in need. Know of a local family, friend or co-worker who is struggling just to put food on the table? You can contact the Utah Food Co-op and purchase a gift certificate in the name of the person you would like one or more food shares sent to.

I do believe the typical food share can feed a family of two or one adult with one to two small children for a week.


Tina D.
The Utah Gift Basket.com

Thanksgivng Point

Thanksgiving Point- This place is a complete smorgasbord of things to do from dinosaurs to water towers, farm country, gardens and more. While growing up my son was an avid fan of dinosaurs. Thanksgiving point has a fantastic museum with lots of hands on items for kids of all ages to check out.  Interested in more dinosaur sitings? check out this resource
 
Looking for more places to explore in Utah be sure to check our page Traveling Utah

Tina D.
TD Gift Solutions, LLC

Nuts for Utah - Nutty Guys.com

Yum,

Nutty Guys.com is a local business with great products to use to introduce visiting family, friends and clients to some of our great local Utah foods. Be sure to visit their site or their store if you are visiting.

Looking for gifts to give with Nutty Guys products, visit our site The Utah Gift Basket.com

Tina D.
TD Gift Solutions, LLC

Oh my heck... only in Utah

 Oh my heck.... this statement never ceases to cause a chuckle to escape from me when I hear it. I'm not a cusser by nature ( unless extremely provoked), however the My heck phrase just seems  wrong to me,lol.  It just seems half-harted with out umph.  However after living in Utah for ten years I have used the phrase a time or two, see my newest silly example below.

My car Christine decided to have a coronary (I thought Oh my heck!, lol) just as I was getting off of west bound I-15, she needed open heart surgery ( a new fuel pump) to save her life which sucked a pretty penny out of my GTH ( Go to hell) fund. Which at the time of my cars issue was not a fund I could get to unless I was in the same location as my safe.  This really made me think I needed to put my GTH fund in a place it could be reached in the event of an emergency with out having to get back to the safe.

Thus my new "To heck in a handbasket" fund was born, :o).  Soooo in the event Christine tries to die on me again, I can go to heck in a handbasket quite easily. :o)


Tina D.
TD Gift Solutions, LLC

The Christa McAuliffe Space Education Center

One of my fondest memories in Utah is the year we took our group of homeschoolers (ages 10 and up) to The Christa McAuliffe Space Center. The kids and parents a like talked about this adventure for many months after. My son is in college now but he and his friends still talk about our day at space camp.

The center is set up to be an interactive adventure for all who participate. Upon arrival your group will be briefed on their mission, the rules of the center and what to expect. Groups can be anywhere from just six persons for one of the smaller crafts up to about 30 I believe.  After the mission briefing participants are assigned jobs on the simulator craft selected. To create the best possible interaction of each mission the center has a staff who works behind the scene to play the parts of the friendly and not so friend alien races you meet along the way of your mission.

On our six man craft we were provided uniform tops that were very reminiscent of Star Trek, assigned jobs by our captain (me :o), control panels for our assigned task.  At the designated time your mission begins and you and your crew get to react, plan and  even some times rescue survivors of other ships.

I would recommend this fun adventure for school groups or even as a family outing if you have children who are at least ten years of age. Its fun to see how every one reacts to the simulator and the voices of the actors playing the other races.

Have fun in space
Tina D.
TD Gift Solutions, LLC