So on July 12th, we hung out with Chris & Stephanie. First, excitingly, we did our laundry at their new apartment. Woo-hoo! (not too fun but much appreciated - thanks guys!) Then we had lunch at one of Stephanie's father's restaurants, called The Training Table. She was right - the cheesy fries were very good (yes, even I had to try a few!), and it was fun to try a place where you phone in your order from the phone at your table! And then on to Park City, where we explored Utah's Olympic Park. A quick visit to meet Steph's parents and see the incredible house that they are trying to sell, and then home again.
SLC's gorgeous mountains! It's so amazing to have this as a backdrop for a major city! And it's the view from right outside of The Training Table!
The practice pool at the Olympic Park. You can ski or snowboard down the ramps and pull whatever fancy move (or total belly-flop) you feel like attempting!
If you look right above the Olympic Park sign, you'll see an upside-down performer, mid-flip. Pretty cool way to try things out, eh?
The famous ski jump ramps. I guess folks actually can go down them in summer too - we watched some people (probably in a class) work their way up to the top, skis in hand. We wanted to watch them come down, but they were taking too long, so we left!
Ziplining! The Olympic Park claims to have the steepest ziplines in the world. And we almost got to go down them...! Stephanie (who, being a local, had actually done them before), Chris, and I bought tickets and took the tram ride (very fun and scenic in and of itself) up the mountain. Unfortunately, we were greeted by the sight of quite a crowd at the top, all waiting to get into one of the two harnesses that went down at a time. We figured we'd have almost an hour wait, so decided to go for a refund instead! It was hot standing there in the sun, and Bill was also waiting for us at the bottom. He did get this fun photo though!
Here are a couple going down the less extreme zipline. Looks like fun, doesn't it? Oh well, next time!
Downtown historic Park City. Bill and I were both impressed with the area in general - very pretty, and the developments seemed pretty nicely done (for developments...!).
Back at our home turf - the KOA. Time for walks for all! This was another good stay at this particular KOA. We learned that the location is in "the ghetto" and it wasn't too great to hear that we should lock up our bike, but this is a nice campground. It has very nice landscaping with mature bushes and trees and green lawns, and another highlight is the Jordan River path access (great for the kids!)! The only regret I really had is not getting to say Hi to the other Winnebago Tour RVer that we saw on entering the KOA on our first night. They even had the same exact colors! I walked over to their site in the morning, but they'd already left. I would've taken more scenic photos (of Antelope Island, the capitol building, etc.), but I did that already on our last trip through SLC a couple years ago. If you didn't see those and would like to, just shoot me an email and I can send you some!
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