Our vacation
Chad and I had an awesome getaway. Who would have known we were only on the other side of the mountain the whole time? We felt like we were in a different world but without all the travel time. It was excellent!
Wednesday we went to Sundance, rented bikes, and rode up the lift and biked down for 8 hours. It was amazing. Our second run down, I crashed going down a rocky road. Yeah, I was trying to go too fast on that, tried to stop, lost control, and scraped up my legs and arm pretty good and literally ate dust. :) But we continued biking for the rest of the day. My legs were hammered by the end, but it was worth it. We loved the trails and the scenery. Some of the leaves are just starting to turn, so it was beautiful. Chad got a flat tire (we think he hit a sharp rock just right on one of the turns). I watched as the air exploded out of the tire. We were halfway down, so we got to walk our bikes the rest of the way to get get a new tire at the bottom. But it didn't stop us. We kept going after that. We left Sundance around 6 and made it to Park City around 7:30 or so. We went to Historic Main Street to eat--yummy pizza. So fun!
Thursday we just relaxed in our suite at the Westgate Resort and Spa (located in The Canyons). It was an amazing place to stay. We feel like we got a great deal ($103/night). I'd recommend it to anyone during this time of year (not during the winter--$650 per night! Yikes!). The kitchen was fully stocked with any dish you'd need (including cake pans). All state-of-the-art everything. A steam shower. Jacuzzi. You name it, it was there. We watched TV and a movie and vegged all day. I needed it, since the mountain biking wore me right out, and my knee needed to recover a bit. We ventured out to eat lunch (at a diner on Main Street) then later for dinner (sushi on Main Street, with a live band of three playing out on the street) and the outlet mall in the evening. Great atmosphere! We also went swimming in the 4th floor adults only pool with a waterfall. Pretty cool. And we played cards out on the deck as the sun was going down, with an awesome view of the mountains.
Friday we checked out of the resort and headed over to the Alpine Slides. We thought they opened at 11, and we were there at 9:50, so we were going to just wander around, but when we got there, we found out they opened at 10, so we had the whole park practically to ourselves. No lines at all. It was so awesome. We did the Alpine Coaster, the zipline, and the Alpine Slides over and over. We went up and down and up and down and didn't wait at all. Once we were worn out and were really excited to see the little Emmy, we decided to come home. We left around 2:30 and would have made it home by 3:15 if it hadn't been for the HORRENDOUS traffic between Highland Elementary and the light before AF canyon. Yikes! We were in that yucky traffic for an hour. Honestly, that was the only downer of the whole trip. We could not believe how well everything went--exactly according to plan, and even exceeded our expectations.
We missed the little munchkin but knew she was in good hands. We are SO THANKFUL (!!!) for Grandma and Gramps for watching her. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!!! It was an awesome vacation (or is it a staycation?) right here in our backyard. We loved it! Emmy is now happy to have her parents back (and we're happy to have her back too), and I think she's finally realized we're not going anywhere so she's back to her normal self. :)
Wednesday we went to Sundance, rented bikes, and rode up the lift and biked down for 8 hours. It was amazing. Our second run down, I crashed going down a rocky road. Yeah, I was trying to go too fast on that, tried to stop, lost control, and scraped up my legs and arm pretty good and literally ate dust. :) But we continued biking for the rest of the day. My legs were hammered by the end, but it was worth it. We loved the trails and the scenery. Some of the leaves are just starting to turn, so it was beautiful. Chad got a flat tire (we think he hit a sharp rock just right on one of the turns). I watched as the air exploded out of the tire. We were halfway down, so we got to walk our bikes the rest of the way to get get a new tire at the bottom. But it didn't stop us. We kept going after that. We left Sundance around 6 and made it to Park City around 7:30 or so. We went to Historic Main Street to eat--yummy pizza. So fun!
Thursday we just relaxed in our suite at the Westgate Resort and Spa (located in The Canyons). It was an amazing place to stay. We feel like we got a great deal ($103/night). I'd recommend it to anyone during this time of year (not during the winter--$650 per night! Yikes!). The kitchen was fully stocked with any dish you'd need (including cake pans). All state-of-the-art everything. A steam shower. Jacuzzi. You name it, it was there. We watched TV and a movie and vegged all day. I needed it, since the mountain biking wore me right out, and my knee needed to recover a bit. We ventured out to eat lunch (at a diner on Main Street) then later for dinner (sushi on Main Street, with a live band of three playing out on the street) and the outlet mall in the evening. Great atmosphere! We also went swimming in the 4th floor adults only pool with a waterfall. Pretty cool. And we played cards out on the deck as the sun was going down, with an awesome view of the mountains.
Friday we checked out of the resort and headed over to the Alpine Slides. We thought they opened at 11, and we were there at 9:50, so we were going to just wander around, but when we got there, we found out they opened at 10, so we had the whole park practically to ourselves. No lines at all. It was so awesome. We did the Alpine Coaster, the zipline, and the Alpine Slides over and over. We went up and down and up and down and didn't wait at all. Once we were worn out and were really excited to see the little Emmy, we decided to come home. We left around 2:30 and would have made it home by 3:15 if it hadn't been for the HORRENDOUS traffic between Highland Elementary and the light before AF canyon. Yikes! We were in that yucky traffic for an hour. Honestly, that was the only downer of the whole trip. We could not believe how well everything went--exactly according to plan, and even exceeded our expectations.
We missed the little munchkin but knew she was in good hands. We are SO THANKFUL (!!!) for Grandma and Gramps for watching her. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!!! It was an awesome vacation (or is it a staycation?) right here in our backyard. We loved it! Emmy is now happy to have her parents back (and we're happy to have her back too), and I think she's finally realized we're not going anywhere so she's back to her normal self. :)
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