San Diego Mommy

Park City, UT

So a couple of weeks ago Barret comes to me and tells me he has to go to Utah for a few days.  Then he informs me that he wants to drive and wants us all to go along with him.  At first I was thinking 11 and a half hours in the car was not going to be to fun with a four year old and a two year old, but low and behold here we are.   We planned the trip so that the drive would be divided into two days.  We left on Monday and drove to St George, UT.  It is about 90 miles past Las Vegas.  The drive was actually pretty interesting.  We left California entered Nevada, then the red mountains in Arizona and finally St. George, UT.  The town was pretty small , but very beautiful.  Our hotel sat kind of on top of this mountain and had a view of the mountains on the other side of the freeway.  We found a “Fiesta Fun Center” for the kids.  It had miniature golf, arcade games, tunnels and jumpy houses.  It was basically heaven for the kids for the two hours we spent there.  Jake even ot a hole in one at golf!

 We decided to pick up a pizza on the way back and the kids were ready for bed.  They actually did a great job in the car so the thought of jumping back in the car the next day wasn’t too terrible…by the way who ever decided to put TV in the car is my favorite person in the whole world right now.

Day 2 we were off to Park City.    The kids slept for the first part of the ride so the last part went fast for them.  We stayed in the neatest little hotel that literally sat into the mountain.  We are now staying at the Marriott MountainSide.   It is a one room villa so we have lots of room to move around.  There is also a kitchen and full refrigerator, stove and oven so I can do a little cooking here in the room. (Just what you want to do on vacation right?  Well this is not vacation…remember…work….I am going to need a vacation when we get home!)  Having a kitchen is so great because with the kids it is really easier to feed them there in a home setting than having to eat out for every meal.  We basically had breakfast and lunch in the room and then went out for dinner. 

 Attached to the hotel they have ski lifts for the winter, but during the summer they offer some different activities.  We decided to do the Alpine Slide with the kids, which they really loved.  You have to take the ski lift up the hill and then you take a sled with breaks down the hill. 

 It was really fun, but I must say I was pretty nervous because last time I was on a sled I ended up with a broken hand!

Day 3 and 4 and 5 we ended spending the days at the park.  This was a business trip for Barret so the kids and I were on our own so finding a near by park was the best for us, lonely for me, but fun for them.  We also found an inflatable world.  It was a whole bunch of inflatable jumpy houses and slides, definitely tired out the kids.  We stayed busy during the days so the trip really went by fast.  One day we went to a park in Salt Lake City too.  

Jake and Barret also road on the Alpine Coaster, while Druw and I went on the rockets and carousel. 

Then it was time to move on once again.

Off the Las Vegas for the last night.  We did some swimming and  it ended up raining, but luckily it was warm so we were able to spend a little time at  the pool. 

All in all it was a great trip.  The boys did awesome in the car for all 1730 miles!!!