A Fun Anniversary

Vickie and I celebrated our 8th anniversary on Tuesday the 17th. We had been planning to just hit dinner and a movie, but those plans changed markedly for the better. Here's the story.

Vickie is involved with planning a yearly women's retreat. A few weeks ago the ski resort where the retreat has been held for a couple years called and said that they were not going to have a summer season this year, so the retreat would have to find a new site. Slight panic ensued, since the retreat draws about 70 women, and involves meetings and seminars, not to mention meals and a place to stay overnight. So Vickie sent out feelers to all kinds of places, including several in Park City. If you're not familiar with Utah, Park City is about 30 miles from Salt Lake, and was the site of many Winter Olympic events in 2002. It's a terrific and funky ski town. Click here for some more information on the place.

Tuesday afternoon, the meeting consultant for a motel in Park City called and invited Vickie and her committee to come up and take a look at their facility. Vickie said that she would love to, but that it was hard to get the committe together, and anyway, it was our anniversary. The response was, "I've got a hot-tub suite with your name on it if you'd like to come use it tonight." So we ended up taking a quick ride up the canyon and spending a night in the Honeymoon Suite at the Best Western Landmark Inn in Park City.

I don't know if the committee will decide to hold their meeting there, but it was certainly a wonderful place for an anniversary. We first went out to dinner at the Red Rock, a brew pub close to the motel. This place has a great reputation, and based on our meal, it's justified.

After dinner, we went back to the motel and took a tour of the place to see if it would be suitable for the meeting (I think it would be terrific, but I'm not the one who decides.) Then we took out the DVD we brought, started filling the hot tub, and settled in for the night. What a place! Here are some pictures: