Saturday, February 7, 2014
Morning brought a new day and the need for coffee from the Starbucks that we passed when we checked into the resort. With snow falling and snow plows running, I ask for volunteers to go with me to brave the elements and bring back coffee for Brenda (and myself). Amber stepped up and volunteered to go with me; she is quite the adventurer, as she bundled up and prepared for the snow. About half way between the resort and Starbucks, Amber found her a virgin patch of snow to make her first even snow angel. It was an awesome site so she her throw herself into the snow and start flapping her arms and legs sculpting the perfect angel in the snow. After the locals gave us an eye-rolling glance, we proceeded to the Starbucks, warm, dry and the smell of fresh roasting coffee, ah, life is good.
Back at the resort, Brenda and Mason were moving slowly to get ready for today's activity, the Alpine Coaster at Park City Mountain Resort. I think they were having trouble completing this task, because when Amber and I returned they were still not ready. No worries, we drank our coffee and slowly rolled in to the day as we got all geared up for the snow and a day of fun. Atleast that was the plan.
I had been snowing all night so there was fresh snow on the ground, our plan today was to ride the Alpine Coaster but it didn't open until noon, so in the interim, we tried to make snowballs and snowmen, but the snow was too dry, this is when Amber started having her melt down of major proportions. The girl would not snap out of it, so we decided lets get some lunch maybe this would help. Sure enough after she got some food she returned to being normal Amber. We went to the Alpine Coaster shack expecting we could get tickets and ride, but as it turned out, the ride was closed due to snow, that didn't make sense. It appears that the Alpine Coaster is not a ride that does well with snow, since it continued to snow this day, out hopes of riding seem to diminish as the day progressed. We decided to scrap the plan for the day and move on to plan B, but we didn't have a plan B.
As we are driving back to the resort, I decided we would take a detour and visit Olympic Park which is where the 2002 Winter Olympics were held and it just happened to be across from the resort where we were staying. This decision turned out to be a good plan B, the museum had exhibitions and displays that entertained the kids. Mason and Amber climbed all over the exhibits, touching anything they could while Brenda and I walked around learning the history of the Olympics in Utah and about how the area developed into a popular ski resort. Outside the museum we watched future Olympic hopefuls practice the ski jump and other various ski acrobats, things I could never imagine myself attempting.
Returning from our day's activities, we had some down time before dinner, tonight would be my birthday celebration dinner as today was my birthday. Not many choices to choose from in the area but we were able to find a Ruby Tuesday to celebrate and watch some of the Olympics while enjoying dinner. Even though the day didn't turn out as planned with the Alpine Coaster being closed, it still turned out to be a good day.
Back at the resort, Brenda and Mason were moving slowly to get ready for today's activity, the Alpine Coaster at Park City Mountain Resort. I think they were having trouble completing this task, because when Amber and I returned they were still not ready. No worries, we drank our coffee and slowly rolled in to the day as we got all geared up for the snow and a day of fun. Atleast that was the plan.
I had been snowing all night so there was fresh snow on the ground, our plan today was to ride the Alpine Coaster but it didn't open until noon, so in the interim, we tried to make snowballs and snowmen, but the snow was too dry, this is when Amber started having her melt down of major proportions. The girl would not snap out of it, so we decided lets get some lunch maybe this would help. Sure enough after she got some food she returned to being normal Amber. We went to the Alpine Coaster shack expecting we could get tickets and ride, but as it turned out, the ride was closed due to snow, that didn't make sense. It appears that the Alpine Coaster is not a ride that does well with snow, since it continued to snow this day, out hopes of riding seem to diminish as the day progressed. We decided to scrap the plan for the day and move on to plan B, but we didn't have a plan B.
As we are driving back to the resort, I decided we would take a detour and visit Olympic Park which is where the 2002 Winter Olympics were held and it just happened to be across from the resort where we were staying. This decision turned out to be a good plan B, the museum had exhibitions and displays that entertained the kids. Mason and Amber climbed all over the exhibits, touching anything they could while Brenda and I walked around learning the history of the Olympics in Utah and about how the area developed into a popular ski resort. Outside the museum we watched future Olympic hopefuls practice the ski jump and other various ski acrobats, things I could never imagine myself attempting.
Returning from our day's activities, we had some down time before dinner, tonight would be my birthday celebration dinner as today was my birthday. Not many choices to choose from in the area but we were able to find a Ruby Tuesday to celebrate and watch some of the Olympics while enjoying dinner. Even though the day didn't turn out as planned with the Alpine Coaster being closed, it still turned out to be a good day.
- Amber making her first snow angel -
- Park City Mountain Resort -
- Ski slopes -
- Bobsled display at Olympic Park -
- Future Junior torch bearer -
- Bobsled course at Olympic Park - $200 gets you a ride -
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