The Ski Report

We all survived! Maybe I was being a little overly dramatic about our first trip apart from Collins. She did beautifully in the care of her Aunt and Grandparents (she even slept better for them than she normally does for us- no fair!). We had an awesome trip and realized that it's probably a good thing if we go away every once in a while. But how excited were we for our plane to touch down at RDU and to go get our baby? Very!

So our trip report...the big story was the lack of snow in Park City this winter (and everywhere out West except Alaska). My ski instructor told me it was the worst ski conditions since 1968! This was the view from the top of the mountain at Canyons- all brown where it should have been white. It was disappointing, but we were rewarded with snow the last day we were there which made everyone happy.

Day two, we skiied at Deer Valley which is widely viewed as the best ski resort in the country. It was gorgeous there but windy! When you're 9,000 feet high, it's a little disconcerting to deal with high winds, but luckily, I had the experts (Brian, Tee and Amber are awesome skiiers) to help me get down the slopes okay.

If we weren't on the slopes, we were either stuffing our faces with insanely good food (beef strogonoff pasta, brussel sprouts, marrow and oxtail soup were oddly some of our favorites) or hogging space in the hot tub. We made good use of the free robes....and Brian and Tee didn't look creepy at all as they wandered around the Westgate Resort (with Modelos in pocket) in search of some bubbles.

Main Street in Park City is so charming. This is an Italian place where we had dinner.

It was such a fun trip. I got to see a beautiful new place, try new things (saki and hot yoga to name two) and just relax for a few days. Collins kept her captive audience quite busy, and I think they enjoyed having her all to themselves. Overall a win-win situation. Now where do we go next?