We had a long day of driving (for us, that is about 6 hrs including breaks) and made it to Park City which was the home of the 2002 Winter Olympics (or at least the skiing part) and found a great campground with a nice pool and view of the ski jump hill. The weather is great. We are again at a high altitude (they had snow only 4 days before we got there!) but it is about 80 degrees and sunny and we spent a relaxing day watching the aerialists put on a show...it is a big practice facility where athletes can jump off the ski jumps into a pool. There was music, lots of people and we had a picnic while we watched. Toured around the town a bit and realized there are about 12 ski hills right in the area and about 4 right in town! I'm sure it would be a bustling fun place to be in the winter. There is tons of condos, new developments and it is obvious there is lots of money in the area.
Sunday was our adventure day and we took in the rides at the olympic park...zip lines down the mountain, an alpine ride down the mountain (an individual sled down a stainless steel track where you can control how slow/fast you go) and I went in a bobsled down the official track on the fastest, craziest minute of my life. It gives 4 Gs of force as you barrel down the track with a professional driver. Pretty cool. Then we went to another hill in town and did an individual rollar coaster down the mountain and another alpine slide that allowed Jack to go on with John (we just had to lie a bit and say he was 2 years old). He enjoyed it - I was more nervous of the ride up on the chairlift than the ride since 30 years ago my sister fell off the very same chairlift. We toured mainstreet shops and ended the day with a swim and then a hot tub (baby monitors are a wonderful thing).
We visited with some distant relatives and family friends in Salt Lake City. The weather is great (90s) and it was nice to see people I haven't seen in 20 years! The Jeep had yet more problems (we weren't able to go above 50km/h on the interstate since it wouldn't shift gears - yikes). We were lucky to get the issue fixed right away ("lucky" - this is looking on the positive side since we are getting a little frustrated with it at the moment). We are staying at the most children friendly campground in the world (not surprising - as we are in Mormon country). It has a waterpark, waterslides, minigolf, batting cages, mazes, etc. Jack loves waterslides - he was on the run from the end of the slide up to the top again - I can understand why all the people here have children so young - so you can keep up to them when they are running in a waterpark! John and I felt like we should pretend to be Jack's grandparents so we would fit in -the parents are very very young here!! We slowed him down by enjoying the lazy tube float through a mock western town. We had a great day and all are exhausted.
On route to Yellowstone National Park tomorrow.
6 comments:
I can't believe how brave Jack is! Elora would never go down a waterslide on her own. Tough little dude :)
hi this is yer Maw atBob's new lap top with aircard at the lake. i loved your elongated blog story but shivvered at the account of you leaving Cami to be doped and ravished by friends of the Motley Crue... How could you do such a thing? I am so glad you retreated to your beds early the next night and played dead!! Jack is a "man of the World" already... life will be boring in quiet old Calgary! Lots of love to all...see you soon.
Judy is showing her stupid younger sister how to blog - just in time for your return. We are really enjoying your wonderful account of the big trip - a great keepsake and reminder for your future scrapbook.Can't wait to see how much Jack has grown. See you soon.
hi this is the smart jack at the controls. your e mails are interesting. my book is just about ready and should be a best seller. bye for now.
Smart Jack has just had his first experience typing on a laptop! "Smart Jack" kept rubbing his sleeve on the mouse pad and smart Jacks two sentences were so mixed up he was actually not so smart Jack...more like frustrated jack. Mum has thoroughly enjoyed reading your blog all afternoon. Larry printed off a colour copy, nice for your record. I can understand why you both are exhausted after a day of travel, I couldn't get painting until both kids were in school full time and there is only bits and pieces of home movies of the kids at Easter and Christmas! Looking forward to seeing you all and seeing how much Jack has grown.
Safe travels home!
Joyce
So funny, your stories are hilarious! Your newest pictures of Jack are adorable. He is so big. I can't wait to see him. I wish you would have got video footage of the bad 80's motorhome. That would have been a sight to see, you singing with them. Geez, I would have been terified especially with the advertized gun collection close by, lol!
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