Park City Getaway

Last month, for the first time in our children's lives, Eric and I went on a little getaway! Previously I had been concerned about leaving them and we hadn't wanted to spend money on a big trip. But now the girls are so "old" we weren't worried about them AT ALL, and we settled for an inexpensive 2-day 1-night adventure in nearby Park City.

And it was so, so, so fun! It was amazing how many things we could do in such short periods of time! We didn't have to take breaks because the girls were tired or grumpy or hungry. I love Eric and it was great to be alone with him for 2 days.

So the first thing we did was go to the Ski Museum and Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Museum, both located at Olympic Park where the Ski Jumping and Bobsled (and Luge and Skeleton?) competitions were held. Eric laughed at my dorky idea but it turned out cool, of course. :) There were fun exhibits and of course photo opportunities:

I sat in the drivers' seat of this sled and almost couldn't get out! It's harder than they make it look!

The most entertaining part of Olympic Park though, was watching skiers practice their jumps into a pool! They have these big ramps and there were a bunch of teenage kids with their coaches there practicing, it was so cool. There was even a couple of classes of little kids going off this tiny jump. We sat and watched for a while, thinking "I guess this is what rich kids (or just kids with ambitious parents) do in the summer instead of swimming lessons- they take ski-jumping lessons!"

Then we walked around the outlet stores and shopped a little, went to dinner, walked around downtown Park City, got ice cream, and went to a movie! And got back to our hotel at like 9:30! What a great day.

The next day we watched lots of world cup soccer until we had to check out of our hotel, "hiked" a little at the ski resort (and found a patch of gross old dirty snow),
sat on some grass and read, had lunch, and went river rafting! We couldn't take our camera, so here we are before getting on the water. It was really fun, we were on a raft with a man and his teenage son, on vacation from Chicago. And we had a "guide" who paddled so we were just along for the ride.
Lastly, we went to dinner at a great Japanese restaurant called Shabu. I got us $75 worth of gift certificates for only $33.75 on citydeals.com. It was delicious and so fun to watch Eric enjoy nostalgic Japanese food.

Thanks to Mary and Brad for babysitting, the girls had the time of their lives and didn't even miss us. :)