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Doug and I both adore Park City! Doug worked at both Deer Valley and Park City Mountain Resort. I even worked as a cashier at Park City Mountain resort for a summer. LOL. Anyway, Park City is beautiful and we would LIVE there if we could. Douglas and I have been wanting to take our kids there for quite some time. Doug cannot wait until they can ski well enough to ski in Park City. That'll be soon I think. So, we took a day to go up to Park City and show the kids why we love it even in the summer months. First up was visiting our long time friend Joe Saladaga. It's been way too long since we've seen him. He had a booth set up advertising his mad catering skills at the Park City Farmer's Market. The kids liked tasting Joe's scrumptious appetizers and kept Joe talking by asking two million questions. Despite it raining off and on we still chatted for quite awhile. Next we headed over to Joe's kitchen., Here the kids were spoiled with Sweet Potato Fries and some fresh bread. Yum! Again, we were so busy trying to catch up with Joe that I neglected to get any pictures. I should be so fired I know.

After visiting with Joe we headed over to Park City Mountain resort to SKI---nah, we went for the BEST SUMMER ACTIVITY EVER-----the ALPINE SLIDE!!! So. Much. Fun. The kids were excited when we told them that to get to the top of the slide we had to go on the chair lift. Yay! The funniest though was that on the chair lift they started to get nervous. Finally Preston asked "But Mom, how are we supposed to get off this thing? We don't even have skiis on!" Ha ha. I let him know that we just walk off and that he'd be fine. It's much easier than skiing off. Chloe and Derek were not tall enough to ride alone so Chloe opted to go with me (thinking I'd be slower and less scary than Daddy) and Derek went with Doug. In line we got more rain and had to wait for it to clear so we could ride the slide. They do not let you ride in the rain because then the brakes won't work and you will probably die. I remember racing on the Alpine Slide after work with Doug and Aaron Waldrip everyday and those boys came close to dying more than once. They had to "gear up" for their rides. They put on long sleeves and long pants so they wouldn't get burns form the fiberglass. Well, we did not go that crazy I'll tell you that. Chloe was getting nervous though since the guy kept making a big deal about the rain. He made us promise that if it started to rain we would stop and get off immediately and proceed to walk down the mountain. We promised and were granted a ride! Preston wasn't quite big enough to push his lever all the way down so he could go super fast so he went a lil slower than others. At the end of the slide a few people had caught up to him. Oops. Preston had a blast though! Doug took a video of his and Derek's ride. My favorite part of the video? Derek shouting "Don't stop believing" all the way down the mountain.

Before we headed back to Aunt Kimmy's house we decided to meet Joe and his kids at an outdoor concert at Deer Valley. We walked around Park City Mountain resort though first and Preston just HAD to take a picture next to some miners. Can you tell he is looking forward to 4th grade history? Gold Rush anyone? We also took a picture of our kids being goofy. When we got to Deer Valley it started to thunder. "No problem", said Doug. Well, the rain down poured and the band had to stop playing. Joe and his kids didn't make it to the concert so we left after just a little while. Our kids were soaked and freezing.