Doing the “tourist” thing...

Last night, we were fortunate to be invited for dinner at the Park City Viking Yurt, a small restaurant located higher up on the slope, 1,000 feet above Park City. Like many such “touristy” experiences, most of the thrill is in the journey and not so much the destination.

We sat on a huge sleigh holding 32 passengers, pulled by a “Pisten Bully” snow cat in freezing temperatures. The ride took us 20 minute to get to the Asian-style wood framed dwelling and the five-course dinner Norvegian style. The food was pretty good with the soup and meat clearly standing out. Our company was awesome which made for a wonderful evening.

This is the kind of entertainment visitors love and local should perhaps experience once in their lifetime; for me, I have had a chance to do that a half-a-dozen times between the Alps and in the Rocky Mountains using a variety of modes of transportation, so I am now satisfied that I have almost seen that kind of activity under all of its possible forms...