Our Mini Park City Vacation

Mine and Jordon's anniversary was July 2nd, but that's always a tough time to leave town...too much goes on around the 4th. The next couple of weekends were pretty busy as well, so we were finally able to get out this weekend! And I am so glad that we did, because we needed it bad.

But, before I get to that, we went out to shoot arrows the other day and it was actually pretty fun! Besides the fact that I can't pull back by myself, I'm surprisingly not too bad ;)

I wish I could say these were mine, but they were most definitely Jordon's =) 

Alright, now to our little vacation. We've been talking about spending a weekend in Park City for a while now, and finally decided to do it for this anniversary. Jordon always puts trips together so well, and he did such a great job this weekend! He makes sure things always fall into place. We had so much fun.

On the way up, we stopped at Loco Lizard, which is a Mexican restaurant. Great food, but not so great service. I absolutely {LOVE} Park City, but the people there are a little too "Hoity Toity" for me. We stayed at the Sundial Lodge, which had an awesome view. Honestly though, I don't think any place in Park City would have a bad view. I love this city. It is so beautiful. And our hotel room included a massive King bed, and it was probably the most comfortable night's sleep I have ever had. I wanted to just take the bed home with us...

 

 

The next morning, we had a couple hours to kill after we reserved our bike rentals. We found a cute little Brazilian restaurant called The Bridge, and stopped for breakfast. If you're ever looking for some good breakfast in Park City, I would {highly} recommend this place. It was so good, and the service was awesome, too. 

 



If we had the money {and the right vehicles}, we would totally consider moving here. We love this place.

Afterward, we picked up our bikes and were off to the lift! I was pretty nervous from the very beginning because I am seriously in terrible shape. Jordon is so athletic, and I'm always just like, "I'll just sit here and eat ice cream...." Sure enough, mountain biking was {TOUGH}. It's probably been about 10 years since I've ridden a bike. I struggled hard core. Someone needs to go take all the dang rocks off of those trails, because they are vicious!

 

 

 

I am sad to say that I did take a pretty knurly fall. I don't even know what happened. One second I was on the bike, the next second I was on the ground holding my boob because I'm pretty sure it somehow landed on my handlebars...or a rock. Whatever happened, it was painful. I was tough though and I didn't cry, although I almost did - mostly because I was mad at myself for biffing it on the flattest part of the entire trail.

Here's a wimpy little battle wound on my arm - not sure what caused this one. I didn't even know it was there until Jordon pointed it out to me.

On a happier note, here's Jordon frolicking through a field of weeds....

One of the reasons why I love him so much is because he makes me laugh every day =)

We had a little bit of extra time to kill, so we rode around the neighborhood near the resort. These houses are so unique. I love looking at them. Side note: When we got home, I looked up some houses for sale in that area....holy poop! There are houses the same square footage as ours for 4 times the price. No, thank you! I knew they'd be a lot, but I was shocked at how much they really cost.

Once our rental time was up, we were {BEAT}. Well, at least I was. Seriously guys, my butt hurts like crazy. My whole body is just a heap of jelly. I am so sore. Nothing a little retail therapy can't temporarily fix! We went shopping at the Tanger Outlets, which is never anything short of a good time. They always have the craziest sales, and I usually go a little nuts. We both got such good deals on some new outfits =)

For the last portion of our getaway, we went to the Homestead Crater in Midway for a little swim. I'll be honest with you, this really is something that you do just to say that you did it. It's cool swimming in a giant natural hot tub in a cave, but there's only so much you can do in there. It did, however, feel {SO} good to relax after a long day of biking.

We were only gone for one night, but it felt like we were gone for a couple because we did so much. It sucked to head back home though because we were having such a good time being away from real life for a little bit. We made one last stop at El Rocoto, a Peruvian restaurant in Bountiful that we have grown to really like. Nothing like some good Lomo Saltado and a $7 2-liter bottle of Inca Kola! Yes, $7. It's pretty good stuff though, so I would definitely recommend it.

 

 

We had such a good late anniversary weekend! It was so good to get out and spend some quality time with my man and try something new. I'm so glad I married him and get to spend the rest of Eternity with him! Here's to many more adventures with the one I love! ❤