38 Years

What should you do with a free hotel voucher and an anniversary? With possible winter weather, we didn't want to go far, so we decided on a destination just a few hours away from home...Park City. Of course, when we made our reservation, we couldn't know what the weather would be like. As it turned out, a huge blizzard was expected! I guess that is what comes of getting married in November instead of some more civilized month.

Unlike the unfortunate hotel in Moses Lake where the desk clerk flatly told us that there was absolutely nothing to do in that town, the hotel in Park City had plenty of suggestions:



As we walked along Main Street, we saw that some of the businesses were starting to close so their employees could get home before the storm hit.





As we walked I noticed a peculiar odor in the air. It seemed strangely familiar. Finally I realized it was the same odor that had permeated the neighborhood where I lived in Germany back in 1970. I was told at that time that the smell was coming from a local brewery. As I told Roger about it, we rounded the corner to find....a brewery. Funny how smells can bring back a memory from 40 years ago.



We even got a picture of a couple of old fogies standing under a 'family' tree at the Family History on Main Street.




Park City was originally a silver mining town. The local museum had artifacts from the old mining days as well as a silver mine replica that was 3 stories high!








In the basement Roger reminisced about the old days growing up on a homestead when dangerous materials could be purchased at the local hardware store.






The old town jail was even down in the basement. It looked to be a grim place to spend time.





There was a display about an old general store with all sorts of interesting tins and boxes.



One room of the museum is devoted to changing exhibits. For now it seems to be an exhibit called:

Our Lives, Our Stories: America’s Greatest Generation

I was especially interested in the food related parts of the exhibit.










Of course, more recently, back in 2002, Park City became famous as the site of the Winter Olympics. We will probably go back another time to visit the Olympic Park as the blizzard was still howling when we were there. They do have 2 museums there...one for skiing and one for the Olympics. The road up to the Olympic Park was steep and curving. Halfway up, we had to stop to wait for deer to cross the road in front of us.