Fun Times in Park City, Utah

The Gingerbread House

Deer Valley
The Canyons

Trevor and I just returned from a ski trip/romantic getaway to Park City, Utah. It is always fun getting away just the two of us, although at the same time it is always tough leaving the kids behind. However, we knew they were in good hands, as they were with 4 of their 6 grandma's over the four days we were gone. That makes for some fun times to be had! Our time in Park City was spent eating, skiing, shopping, and watching movies. We stayed at a bed and breakfast called "The Gingerbread House", which was more of an experience than expected. I'm big into reading reviews on just about anything I'm thinking of purchasing. So of course, having read the reviews on "The Gingerbread House" and with them being favorable, we booked it for our stay. Upon arrival we were shown to our room, which is where the excitement began. Our room, which was described as a luxurious suite with a fireplace, was definitely not sweet. In fact, it was so small that the only place we could open our suitcase was on top of our bed. Need I mention that the fireplace was not IN our room, but instead was OUT in the living room area shared by all. Our room had a queen sized bed which filled the entire room leaving little more than a foot of walking space around the bed. Frustrated about our room, we debated what to do. I finally decided to mention our dissatisfaction with our room size to the owner. She was very accommodating and said that a couple was leaving in the morning and after she cleaned it we could have that room for the rest of our stay. In fact, for the same price as our undesirable room we received the "luxurious suite" we had been anticipating complete with a fireplace and beautiful view. Apparently, we had been stuck in the old portion of the house before. Enough said, the issue was resolved and all was well. Although, we did have some laughs and some additional fun navigating the half pipe shaped driveway and roundabout. It was especially funny when we went to dinner that night at a really nice japanese restaurant and were seated in a REALLY small room. I guess small confined places was the theme for that day...

We spent Tuesday skiing at Deer Valley Ski Resort and Wednesday at The Canyons Ski Resort. We had a great time skiing. Both locations were gorgeous. The pine trees and aspens scattered throughout the mountains were snow covered and beautiful! We definitely had a chance to enjoy the beauty of God's creation at its best. On Wednesday, it snowed about 5 inches, so we skiied in some fresh desert powder, as the locals call it. Trevor and I discovered that we were definitely not in ideal skiing shape. We both had extremely sore muscles after the first day of skiing, so were only able to ski about half the day on Wednesday. Our evenings were spent catching up on movies. We watched "The Blind Side", "Invictus" and "Avatar". We had a great time in Utah, but were ready to come home to our little ones by the end. Nothing surpasses their smiling faces and arms around us when we walk through the door...