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Summer in Park City Is Finally Here
Finally, a legit summer weekend. Everything is green in Park City from the crazy number of rainy days in June. While sitting poolside at Silver Mountain on a lazy Sunday afternoon, I remarked to a friend that it doesn’t get any better than this, as our kids splashed about in the pool. Not a cloud in the sky.
And for the Skid$ Deal of the week, check out Molly Bloom’s Pub at Kimball Junction. We sat outside at one of their many patio tables and enjoyed some suprisingly good food, suprising because it was my first time there and expectations were tempered. I had a delicious Bratwurst with a side of garlic mashed potatoes. I bet my neighbor’s 3-year old $1.00 that she wouldn’t eat a whole clove of roasted garlic, which she did, and liked it. While this was all transpiring, I also noticed a table-top advertisement for $1.00 domestic drafts, a regular thing on weekdays at Molly Bloom’s. So in a way, I’m out one PBR.
First Day of Spring
Posted by admin in Bike Skids, Mountains, sKids on March 20th, 2009
Birds chirping, sun shining, tempted by the moto, running late for work. Coffee and donuts at the office, review 296 images from a sunny powder day photoshoot at PCMR to the sounds of Motley Crue’s Dr. Feelgood. Hustle up to DV for a lunch meeting including obligatory turns. Fast in the shade, slow in the sun. Pizza at Silver Lake, slush turns down Big Stick, back to the office. Power down, head out, meet family at Park City Ice Arena for daughter’s skating lessons. Rent wobbly too big skates for 15 minutes of skating, but I don’t care. My daughter’s grin is ear to ear. Try to remember the crossover, no problem going counter clockwise, big problem going clockwise. Return skates, hustle home, change into cycling gear, ride up and over the Preserve, descend into Jeremy Ranch, watch last 4 minutes of Utes loss, drink Shiraz, give daughter a bath, get her ready for bed, it’s still light outside. First day of spring in Park City.
Little sKids Ski Boots
It’s a challenge to keep the little sKids equipped with top quality gear since they grow out of it so fast. My four and a half year old daughter had a brand new set-up last year, purchased from online retailer skiuniverse. The skis and bindings have lasted two seasons, but she grew out of her boots at the end of last year. So my wife and I did what many Skids parents do: we handed the too small boots to the next in line, in this case, our neighbor’s three year old. The same neighbor handed down their older son’s too small boots. The circle of life of little sKids ski gear. Today, as I was putting my daughter’s gear away from the last outing (which was haphazardly scattered about the garage), I noticed she was missing an in-sole in one of the boots. Apparently she’s been rocking all over the mountain this way all season. I don’t know about you, but if I had to ski one footbed short of a full deck, I probably couldn’t make it down the mountain. I’m going to correct the problem before the next day on the hill, and take better care inspecting the next set of hand-me-down gear. Hopefully she won’t hold it against me.