We Heart Park City

We've been having our Staycation summer, which has been fun, but we haven't been ANYWHERE since our anniversary trip to NYC in October 2008. And I mean ANYWHERE. We haven't spent a night away from our home since then (unless you count the 2 months we camped at John's mom's empty house while we remodelled. Um, THAT does NOT count as vacation.) For travel lovahs like us, it's been torture. There are many reasons why we haven't gone anywhere (i.e. remodeling, family responsibilities and so on), but the biggie has been that we decided to save up for a big So. Cal. trip this fall (which may or may not happen -- we're crossing our fingers things work out). Fortunately, we try to spend a weekend in Park City every summer at John's aunt's condo (thanks Celeste!). This little trip was very last minute, but it was MUCH a needed break and frankly, as far as I'm concerned, well-deserved!

Of course, we went shopping. Usually, we go up in July for Back to School things and fall stuff for me and John. It's never very crowded in July, but Saturday, the outlets were PACKED. Great deals going on.

We went to the Park City Mountain Resort to take in some of their Summer Rec activities. Last year, we had an absolute blast on the Alpine Coaster, so we HAD to do it again. (Click here to see last year's trip). We heard it was 58 degrees, it was windy and sprinkling -- and freezing -- but we loved it. My cell phone dropped out of my pocket while I was heading up and this poor kid working there went to look for it. John called it 13 times so he could hear the ring and the kid was totally annoyed when he found it and discovered I left it on vibrate!

Katie did the Legacy Launcher. She thought it was fun, but the harness gave her thigh "rug burn" and she was exhausted afterwards. Good work out if you're trying to tire your kids.

Katie and I went for a nature walk and took pictures of each other. Thankfully for you, I'm not including the 6 shots she took of my butt. Then, we went hottubbing which was great after a freezing cold day.

We went to Park Silly Sunday Market. Katie got her face painted and John rescued a goat who escaped from the kids area. I couldn't commit to any purchases, but it was fun to look.

These pics are really small, but we went on a Moose Scavenger Hunt. Click for a larger view. Back in 2004, there was an art project where the city was dotted with many moose statues painted by local artists. You've all seen them. There aren't many left, but Katie thought it was great fun to locate the "meese", take pictures with them and name them. These are the 5 we found, but if you know any others we missed, let me know and we'll look 'em up next time we're up there!

It was a great weekend -- too short, but a lot of fun.