Alpine Slide

This weekend since it was so beautiful (and this time of year you never know when you may be experiencing the last beautiful day so you have to take advantage), we decided to go and ride the alpine slide at Park City. It was a great idea. It really was. The only problem was that a million other people also thought it was a great idea. We mistakenly thought that it would be relatively quiet and therefore, quick. That was not the case. At all. You can tell from this picture that Jonas was not exactly thrilled with the idea of waiting in the line.There was a lot of waiting in line. (Like an hour and a half just to get on the lift.) Had we known, we may have come up with an alternate plan, but once you've paid for your tickets, what can you do but make the best of it? And still, it was a beautiful fall day.

Here is group 1 heading up the lift. (Jonas, Samantha, Amelia, me) Unfortunately, Peter was too young to ride so we had to take shifts so we could do the baby hand off. That added about 45 minutes to our total wait time. Ugh.

It started getting a little chilly as the sun was dropping, but these guys were troopers.

Someone get this kid some chapstick please! (why she won't stop licking her lips is beyond me.)

Amelia and I coming down the track. (After another shivery 35 minute wait at the top of the lift.) There were some serious efficiency problems with the whole alpine slide system. Amelia laughed and laughed the whole way down. That helped to make it more fun for me.

Jonas on his final approach.

Peter, still amazingly happy late in the game. He had spent plenty of time running around to keep him that way. Believe me had he been strapped in the whole time, it could've been ugly.

Shawn and Duffy headed up the lift.

Two happy girls.

I wish this were a picture of mutual love, but in fact it was a mid wrestle photo op for me.

Finally, the last 2 make it down, cold but happy so we could head home. Just enough time to get kids settled in bed and then head off to listen to Shawn's band play. Not a bad way to spend a Friday.

Not at all how we had imagined or planned the event to go, but we still get points for checking it off the list, right? The final vote came in with the 6 and under crowd (who ran around and kept busy the entire wait time) deciding it was worth it. The rest of the crowd decided, um, no. Two plus hours of waiting for a couple of minutes of riding was definitely not worth it. But hey, we took them out to dinner afterwards so it wasn't a total loss.