Park City Day 1

We have been in Park City, Utah, for the past few days.  Since we now live in Florida, we needed a ski-fix for the year.  We'd never been skiing in Utah, and our passes were good for Park City.  Plus, Ashley found an awesome rate at the Doubletree hotel.  The only issue was Bode's spring break and my spring break did not align.  Bode was gracious enough to volunteer to skip a week of school--he's so magnanimous.  We flew out early Friday morning.

We arrived safely, but sadly, our skis did not make the trip from Atlanta.  We were worried we'd be without skis on Saturday, but fortunately, our ski bags were located and they were delivered to the hotel at 0109 in the AM on Saturday morning.  Thus, we were ready to ski.  We hit the slopes first thing on Saturday morning.  We probably got there too early--lifts in Breckenridge opened at 0830; here, not til 0900.  Thus, we had time for some pictures at the base.

The weather wasn't perfect on Day 1, but we were able to get out ski legs back.  Here's Ashley and Bode before our first big run on the day.

Here's one from a little later in the morning--Bode was psyched that we were going to try this particular black diamond.

We only skied for a couple hours on the first day--we didn't want to overdo things.  Plus, it was a Saturday, and it was starting to get packed.  So we called it a day and headed over to Main St for some lunch.  We were able to watch Auburn beat Tennessee in its final regular season game.  Afterwards, Bode found a friend.

Day 1 was a great success.  Total vertical feet:  8,700.