So we decided that there really isn't much to do in Salt Lake so we headed up to Park City today. It's not that far from SLC, about 30 miles. It is really beautiful up there. It must be amazing in the Winter with all of the snow everywhere. We took the girls to a little amusement park that had an alpine slide and rollar coaster. Of all the the hikes we've done in the desert of utah, why is it that I got sunburned in Park City?! Despite that fact, Park City is really nice. It reminds me a lot [View Full Entry]

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The second stop on our US tour was Park City, Utah. I was married in the 90s to a woman named Nicole who had two children when we met. The marriage was a package deal. Those two children Jeremy and Tarryn are grown now and I have remained in contact with them after Nicole and I divorced in 2001. Jeremy is 26 years old and Tarryn is 24. Tarryn was almost three years old when I met her mother. Tarryn married a man named Daniel before I moved to India and now they live in Utah with their two children named [View Full Entry]

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The Canyons > Park City > Snowbasin > Salt Lake City [View Full Entry]

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From the tropical bliss of Bora Bora we flew via LA and an unusually friendly US immigration experience (the official joked that I looked like a terrorist - at least I think it was a joke) into Sante Fe, New Mexico and a particularly cold western American winter. This marked the start of the eagerly awaited (especially by me) skiing leg of the trip. As Vic remarked on the pretty adobe buildings, I was more interested in the record snow that has been dumped across western USA so far this winter. Apparently we have La Nina to thank, also responsible for [View Full Entry]

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Day 3 The Canyons Today Natalie and I split up for the day. I visited the Canyons and she went to visit Olympic Park. The Canyons received 10.5 inches of fresh powder. The visit to Canyons was memorable in the fact you took one gondola to reach the village, then another one to ski. The canyon offers the most terrain compared to the other two resorts. Natalie visited Olympic park and took a guided tour of the facility. She saw the bobsled, luge, skeleton track, and Nordic jumps. Later, in the evening we met up with my friend Ann and her [View Full Entry]

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Day 2 Park City Resort No snow in the forecast today. The drive takes 30 to 45 minutes from Salt Lake City. Not a bad drive, if the weather cooperates. Today, we visited Park City resort and had high winds and white outs, while skiing. This caused delays at several of the lifts. It ended up being, so windy I had to purchase a neck gator at the top of the mountain. A few highlights of Park City was getting a tour of the mountain from a mountain host. The host takes you all over the mountain and provides a bit [View Full Entry]

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Let's see, so much to write about. It's funny, when you set out on a trip and intend to do one of these blogs you figure you'll make an entry pretty much every day. What we've found is that you find yourself otherwise occupied during the day and pretty tired at night. Nonetheless, here is what could be the final entry before we get home. The first day in Salt Lake was pretty low-key. We were so late getting in we just crashed in the hotel until about noon, then picked up the rental car. We went downtown and had [View Full Entry]

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Today's trip was after 5 hours of hard work this morning, in which I made pretty good progress on the presentation with the Powerpoint chart you saw in the last installment. So, walked out into the looooong corridor outside my room, got into the car, and started driving.... One of the things definitely to remember about the drive from SLC to Park City is the really big outlet center on the way. Then drove some more, got to Park City, and sat on a wonder ful deck at the base of the ski area to have lunch. Got ice cream, [View Full Entry]

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I suppose this journey of mine started when I graduated from college. Like most before me, I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life. I did, however, know with a very strong conviction that I wanted to see what I could of the world before getting caught up a career, mortgage, real life, responsibility, etc etc etc. First thing was first, I had to go abroad. So I spent almost two months backpacking the continent of Europe. My experiences here were paramount and I learned so much about myself, the world, and how to say ‘cheers’ [View Full Entry]

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VIDEO ON THE LEFT - SKIM OR SWIM AT THE CANYONS After 4 days of sight seeing i landed in Park City Utah, home of the Sundance film festival and close to the site of the 2002 winter olympic games. I was catching up with Sandy, a mate of mine from uni who i hadn't seen for about 3.5 years as we'd both been travelling in different places at different times - although we worked out that at one stage we were in the same part of Portugal at the same time, which is fairly typical of my organisational skills. [View Full Entry]

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