Utah!

We drove all day towards Park City but rather than take I-70 we decided to take US Route 40. In particular, we stopped through Steamboat Springs, CO, our Dad’s old stomping grounds. It was cute and a little too ritzy from the ski resort influence but was an interesting experience imagining our father living and working here years earlier. 

As we continued on US 40, we drove through Dinosaur, CO but did not stop because the park was full of snow. It is amazing how empty the west really is. Miles and miles of empty roads with dots on the maps marking towns of a handful of buildings.

Our destination of Canyons resort was reached late in the evening. Little did we know that it was the same weekend as the Sundance Film festival! Yikes! lots of people and cars! So we retreated to a nearby Wal-Mart and spent the night in our cozy camper. 

The next day we got up and hit the slopes, looking forward to boarding in a new state, Utah. Our impressions of the resort are favorable. There was a lot of terrain of varied ability, they just lacked the snow coverage for it to be open. Any southern exposed terrain was closed, with just patchy snow covering bushes. Below is a video from our day. On the plus side, we had a beautiful view from the top of the Wasatch range!

Before we left Denver Patrick got a new toy for his GoPro, a suction cup! Here is a video with a new angle.