The neighbors are invading!

When I stare at the skies, I can hardly see any commercial jets flying and, given the nasty pandemic, can also understand why people are reluctant to board an airplane. This fear of flying has led many folks to take some long drives this summer.

If I look at the licenses plates that we see all over Park City, the ones we see most often are from California, followed by Texas, Arizona, along with some Oregon and Washington state plates.

To get to Park City, these folks have been driving between 700 miles (for the closest visitors from Los Angeles) all the way to 1,500 miles (for Texans living in Houston).

In previous summers, we were used to seeing plenty of plates from Arizona, Nevada and California, that were generally from Seniors “snowbirds” escaping the desert heat for two or three month.

This year, however, they’ve been joined by regular folks made of family and kids fleeing their homes as they feel that their urban homes are significantly less secure than escaping to a nice place like Park City.

We welcome all these people and keep our fingers crossed that they will indeed be quite safe among us!