Park City Getaway

We have made it a tradition of sorts to take a weekend away from the kids in August or September.  By tradition I mean that we’ve done it 3 out of the last 4 years I think…anyway.  This year was a blast and I almost didn’t want to come home.  Why is it that life can’t be more like vacation?  You know, the freedom, no worrying, just lots of fun and none of the hard stuff?  I could totally go for that. 

We stayed at the Canyons Silverado Lodge.  I decided to stay there because they had a deal where you got some money to spend at their resort for each night you spent there that made it comparable to the cost of the lesser hotels we usually stay in.  Everyone there was super nice, friendly, and helpful. Here are some terrible pics of our room.  It was cozy and nice.  I loved the deep jetted tub…I’m not usually a bath taker, more of a shower girl, but if I had a tub like that I think I might change my mind. 

When we got there we were really hungry.  We figured we’d eat at the resort since we had the cash card for the resort that they gave us.  Jason was thinking we’d get a couple meals out of it…well, for some reason there was only one of their restaurants open that night.  It’s called “The Farm” it sounded homey and laid back.  It was a nice restaurant, but it was MUCH more expensive than we expected from a place called the Farm.  Let’s just say that we were really glad we had a gift card to pay for it otherwise I may have had a heart attack.  The food was really good, and before we went in I planned on taking some pictures, but I was too chicken.  At one point Jason told me that I seemed really uncomfortable.  I have to admit that I felt a little strange being in such an expensive place in my capris and t-shirt.  It was quite the experience. 

After dinner we headed to Main street…thankfully it had stopped raining.  I think the rain kept people away though because Main street is usually bustling on Friday night, but there was hardly anyone out.  We got a treat at Rocky Mountain chocolate factory and then browsed in the bookstore that is right next to it.  I found some good books to add to my to-read list. 

Party animals that we are we stayed up reading/on the computer until we couldn’t stay awake any longer.  Then we slept in our luxuriously large bed—I mean I didn’t even know Jason was in there with me!  It made me wonder aloud why we still have just a queen sized bed at home ‘cause sometimes a girl just wants to stretch out a bit while she sleeps!

Saturday we used what was left on our card to purchase gondola tickets.  This part was really fun.  I loved the views on the ride up and down.  I wish I was a better photographer to capture them.  We really need to work on our self-portrait skills—this is in the gondola on our way up the mountain…not sure what Jason is doing here. 

View from the gondolaWhen we got to the place that looked like the top when we were getting on we saw this…it kinda freaked Jason out a little (he’s slightly afraid of heights)  I totally loved it.  Once we got to the real top we headed out on a hike.  We decided to hike the Tombstone trail…now that I type that it seems a little odd to name a trail for something that you bury people in, but thankfully I didn’t think of it at the time.  The hike was beautiful and followed a stream for part of the way.  We had a good time enjoying the beauty all around us. 

Here we are at the top of the trail.  It ended at the top of one of the ski lifts…so we saw lots of the ski runs on our way up the trail too.  The view from the top.  Can you see the houses down there?9000 ft is pretty high…I totally could have kept hiking if we had been better prepared…but we were getting hungry so we headed back down the trail.  That’s what the outside of the gondolas looked like.  We saw lots of mountain bikers up at the top.  It made me want to try out mountain biking one of these days.  I think I might be a little too chicken for it, but I won’t know for sure unless I try, right? 

After lunch Jason wanted to read for awhile so I decided to head over to the outlets to see what I could find.  I had a good time and bought a couple things, but not too much.  Shopping is way more fun when you have friends with you to help you find things you wouldn’t normally consider and to give you opinions.  I had to settle for the opinion of strangers in the dressing room when I needed help deciding on something. 

After I got back we headed to dinner at Main Street Pizza and Noodle.  I had to take a picture of this moose in his jeans and cowboy boots on the way.  The pizza we got was really good-I’ve forgotten the name-maybe it was the Santa Fe?  We saved half for breakfast because we couldn’t finish it. 

After we ate we headed to the movie theater.  I would have preferred to go see The Fantasticks at the theater on Main street, but I had chosen everything else and Jason REALLY wanted to see this movie.  Honestly, I had no desire to see it, but I went anyway because I love him and he knows exactly how to get me to do things.  He loved it…I DIDN’T.  I will leave it at that.  I realized when we got back from the movie that I hadn’t even taken any pictures of us while we were out.  (I even had my hair done all cute too)  So, I attempted some self-portraits again.  The one above is the best one…and it just isn’t that good (how do people get good ones??).  After several more failed attempts we decided to just give up…see below.  Thanks for an awesome fun weekend!  It was super nice to be able to forget all our worries and just remember how much we like to be together.  Love you tons, Jason! Back to reality…I was happy to see some Fall colors in the canyon on our drive home.  Hopefully they will last a little longer this year and we can enjoy them more before we are snowed in for several months.

A big thank you goes out to my in-laws.  They are the best!  They took care of our kids while we were away and they did a great job.  We are so lucky to have them close to us—thanks for being awesome!