On Saturday, we returned to Ruth's ... our favorite bfast restaurant - located up Emigration Canyon. Once again, we were treated to a fabulous breakfast as we sat in their garden behind the trolley car restaurant and looked up at beautiful mountains. After breakfast, we treked up the mountain to Park City - the site of the 2002 Olympic ski events. We saw the two ski jumps that were built for the Olympics as well as the Olympic Welcome Center. I'd read about some fun things for the kids to do in Park City, and we found them!
It was a beautiful, sunny day and all four of us decided to try the exciting ZIP LINE! We took a 20 min ride up the mountain in a chairlift (Matt's first experience) and took in the beautiful views. At about 2000 ft, we slid off the lift and headed toward the zip line. Our initial excitement quickly turned into sheer panic as we watched the people ahead of us hook themselves into the harness. Dave and I decided to go first so we could take the boys' pictures as they came down. We got buckled in and put our straightened legs against the board in front of us. I'm sure a few choice words came out of my mouth as they dropped the boards and we immediately dropped. After the initial shock, the ride was gorgeous! Fast, fun and smooth - I would do it again in a minute, and so would Dave. Our 45 second ride came to an end much too fast. We waited on the platform to see the boys descend. While they were too high up for us to actually see them, we could hear Matt's screams loud and clear. By the time they reached our view, Matt's arms were stretched out wide - not holding on at all! Ash, of course, was calm and cool. I think our hearts were beating quickly for many minutes after the ride.
Next, the boys got in the chairlift line again in order to do the alpine slide. The fiberglass slide zig-zagged the mountain and they raced each other to the bottom. Matt also took advantage of the trampoline and got an opportunity to jump higher than ever before. He managed to do two backflips before his stomach started turning and he had to get off.
After Park City, we drove around the outside of the mountains and through the Timpanogos. What a beautiful drive! We passed Sundance (home of the Sundannce Film Festival and Robert Redford - no sitings, though!), and headed straight up the mountain. Gorgeous views and even some snow. At our highest, we reached 9600 ft. We then headed down the front side of the mountain and landed not far from a new Cabela's! This time we chose to stop. After some serious looking, we headed back into Salt Lake for dinner and some down time at the hotel. There was still some haze over the city and we learned from Sam's wife that it was a result of the California fires.
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