Park City for Tom's 50th - February 2018

The Gang at No Name Saloon

 Kim texted us a few months ago and asked if we were free for a 50th birthday ski weekend with Tom.  Of course we will be!  Kim opted for Park City as none of us had skied there before.

Keith, Mark, Stuart, Tracy, Kerry, Kim and Tom

We were to get a 5:30 flight out of Phoenix, arriving at about 7:30.  At the last minute, Keith had a day trip to Vegas...which ended up wrapping early.  So, Keith texted Shawna, we both rallied, and got earlier flights to Salt Lake...each arriving about 5pm...which enabled us to join the rest of the crew for dinner!  It was only a 45 minute drive from the airport to Chimayo where Kim/Tom, Kerry/Stuart, and Mark/Tracy were already sitting at the table.  Kim's brother John joined us about 10 minutes after we arrived.  The restaurant was delicious - we shared the Carne Asada.  We then went for a nightcap at The Spur where we went to the back room and became groupies of the band Metal Dogs before heading back to the hotel. Kim had arranged a 4 bedroom condo in the Silver Baron Lodge.

Chimayo Restaurant

The others had arranged a ski valet to bring their gear the night before, so Keith dressed early and walked up to the Deer Valley base to get his skis and boots.  By the time he was ready, the others were at the base ready to hit the slopes.  Shawna is not a skier so used the day to spend a few hours catching up on work and also grabbing some food and beer at the store to stock the condo.  The snow had been quite poor lately - so many slopes were closed and the remaining were a bit icy at the start of the day.  But....we were still able to have fun!  There were a fair share of blues we could bomb down.  Lunch on the Saturday was at one of the lodges on the mountain - a few of us had a bowl of soup that was delicious.  Saturday night we started at Wasach Brew Pub where we had drinks at the bar, then sat for table for basic pub food.  Nightcaps after were at the No Name Saloon where we drank on the rooftop deck.

Tom, Mark, Keith, Tracy, Kerry, Kim, Stuart

Sunday, we started at the Canyons - the sister resort to Park City - and skied the whole area.  It was roughly the same conditions as the day before.  Lunch was near the base at Silver Star Café which was delicious.  Keith had the Braised Lentil Chili which was fantastic.  We might have had a couple of pitchers of beer to go with it.  Shawna caught up on a bit more work and then had an afternoon spa at Stein Eriksen Lodge.  It was Super Bowl Sunday so the slopes cleared a bit earlier than usual so the end of the day was fun.  We decided to watch the game in the condo so we didn't have to fight crowds - ordered in Thai and drank the beers that Shawna had bought.  The game was great - and then we all watched This is Us right after - an odd juxtaposition to the game!

Keith, Stuart, Kerry, Kim, Tom

Monday started with bad weather, but we opted to ski anyway at Park City.  It ended up being the best day of snow, although it started out icy.  Lunch was at High West Distillery - we all shared popcorn and fries to start and Keith had fantastic Elk Chili.  Shawna had not taken the day off, so was still cranking away at work when we returned to the condo.  Our flights left that night (Keith to Portland and Shawna home) so we left at 6pm as the others stayed one more night before leaving the next day.

Keith, Kim, Tom

It was a fun weekend and fantastic to spend time with Tom to celebrate his 50th!

Kim and Tom