Tuesday, August 12, 2008

A Wonderful Day at Park City and Olympic Village

On Friday, Kyle and Kim, Kevin and Angie, and their families took George and I to Park City. It is a well-known ski resort in Utah and was the home of many of the Winter Olympic Games in 2002. It is, also, some of the most beautiful country in the world!

We first went to the outlets where the little kids rode the children's rides while their parents shopped.


We then went to the Alpine Slide where you ride the chair lift up and come down the hill on little sleds. It is really exciting! Here Kyle, Kim, and Jenna get ready to board the chair lift. Then off they go!



Kade, Carter, and Connor take off while Angie and Lauren get ready. Kevin and Hannah got on with them.

Grandpa took care of little Koda while his family went on the slide. Can you tell how he fell in love with this little dog, too!! He even helped the kids find cute little outfits for him to wear.



Brady and I hung out together. He loved the little shovel they had there.

We, also, played miniature golf.

After about a half hour, everyone started arriving on their sleds. Here comes Kade and Carter!Now Connor!



And Angie, Jenna, Kim, and Kyle!


Last, but not least, Hannah and her daddy.Grandpa complained that he never got to use the camera, so he shot this picture as we were leaving the Alpine Slide area. Pretty good, huh!

After some great ice cream, we headed for Olympic Park. The U.S. ski jump team as well as the bobsled and skeleton racers practice there in the winter, but since there is no snow there now, they have improvised a way to practice their ski jumps. They jump into a pool of water with giant water bubbles below to break their fall. When we were there, some amateurs were jumping--but believe me, they were fantastic and we enjoyed it so much.

George and Laura at the entrance of Olympic Park.

We then went inside a fabulous museum about the Olympics and interactive exhibits. It wasn't the sort of thing you could really take pictures of. But I did take one:
Did Hannah join the downhill ski team?

What a great day, AGAIN!

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