| Herriman City of Utah is a great place to live. I | | | | too. I'm not sure if you can tell but I love to eat |
| am married and have four kids. Needless to say | | | | out. I don't do it all the time but I sure love it. |
| we love to be outdoors as often as we can. I | | | | The downtown area is getting a huge do over. |
| love all the parks in our neighborhood and there | | | | There are going to be new city office buildings |
| are a few fishing ponds near by that are fun for | | | | including the library and several stores. The |
| the whole family. I love getting up just when the | | | | Legacy highway is going to extend through |
| sun is out and going the the pond at the Cove. | | | | Herriman so there will finally be easy access to |
| Walking around the pond I hear thousands of | | | | the whole west side of the valley. Traffic right |
| birds in the trees and the ducks on the pond. In all | | | | now is a bit of a concern but the plans for the |
| of the natural sounds I can spot a few deer | | | | near future are already under way. Trax is the |
| crossing the street about 20 yards away. Just | | | | Salt Lake Valley community train and next year |
| when I am caught up in the beauty and then bam! | | | | will be running from downtown Salt Lake City on |
| I get a bite on the line and pull in a nice cat fish | | | | down to South Jordan including Day Break. This |
| then look over to my son who says "Nice one | | | | will make commuting to work more productive |
| dad!" | | | | and no one cares if you are texting while riding |
| Herriman city always has something going on for | | | | the train (as long as it isn't the train driver right?). |
| families on a monthly basis throughout most if not | | | | Day Break in and of itself is a great place to take |
| all the year. There are theater plays, music, | | | | your family for shopping and to play at the lake. I |
| scavenger hunts, movies in the park, talent | | | | took my blow up raft out on the lake and it was |
| shows, pumpkin carving, storey telling and more. | | | | great. Nothing was bighting the bait but I had a |
| On the south west side there is horse back, hiking | | | | great time with my son and daughter. There are |
| and biking trails including dirt bikes up the canyons | | | | several miles of trails around the lake and the |
| as well as a beautiful scenery from the mountain | | | | neighborhood looks like it is out of the movies. |
| side. The view is of the whole valley all the way | | | | Every house is unique and colored just right. The |
| up to Salt Lake City. On a really clear day you | | | | yards are all taken care of. The cars are all |
| can see Bountiful about 15 miles away as the | | | | parked in the back of the homes so all you see is |
| crow flies. If you look to the south you can see | | | | a row of houses with winding roads. You can get |
| South Mountain and the Draper Temple. Even | | | | lost in this neighborhood for a few minutes but |
| farther south is the point of the mountain. In the | | | | once you done it a time or two it begins to |
| right spot you can see down to Provo if you | | | | makes sense. |
| know where to look. There is also a great view | | | | There is a lot more development going on in the |
| of one of my favorite mountains along the | | | | south west corner of the valley and I hear of |
| Wasatch Front, Mt. Timpanogos to the east of | | | | plans for a golf coarse, a big lake for boating and |
| American Fork. Such beautiful sights to see the | | | | some snow skiing in the winter. There is a large |
| whole valley from over hear. | | | | variety of people from singles on up to retirees. |
| There are all the necessities for shopping within 5 | | | | In my neighborhood we have newly weds and |
| miles. There is the District that has clothing, pets, | | | | people who just live to play golf in their golden |
| grocery, fast food and several sit down | | | | years. I love the warmth that comes from such a |
| restaurants as well as classic stores for all your | | | | family oriented city. I have the best neighbors and |
| shopping needs. On the south end of town in | | | | I am grateful to have a place to raise my family |
| Riverton there is another area full of stores and | | | | and call home. I own my own mobile phone |
| restaurants. There are the home box stores with | | | | business and this is a great place to be in business. |
| easy access. Of coarse everyone needs to know | | | | There is going to be more commercial building built |
| that there is a Wal-Mart there too. So if you want | | | | in the next several years. This small town is |
| Chinese, Italian, Mexican, fast food or good old | | | | growing up fast. Check out a blog for Herriman, |
| American food you can get it all. Oh and dissert | | | | Utah below. |