The Sundance Resort

We made a little detour last week on our way from Park City, Utah back to Zion and stopped at the Sundance Resort. I had heard it was a nice place to visit and I'm a big fan of the Sundance Catalog (I love just about everything in it...unfortanately, it's expensive.). It turned out to be a much shorter detour than we had expected and reallllly beautiful. From the main highway we drove up a canyon that was only wide enough for the two lane road and a river that ran down the side. The air was cool and we could hear the river rushing along as we drove up. It was wonderful! When we got to the resort we couldn't stop taking pictures. There were beautiful things to see in every direction...flowers, butterflies, waterfalls, rivers, art, nice buildings, etc., etc. This little outdoor shop was the first thing we checked out. The bikes are so colorful and I love the rustic look of the building...


This is one of the many flowers in the gorgeous landscaping...


We found a butterfly struggling in a spider web on the ground and resuced it. It clumsily flew up into this bush where I took it's picture. It's wings are a bit tattered around the edges but it's still so pretty...


There were a lot of big yellow butterflies. They were gorgeous! This one landed in the parking lot and right after I took this picture it climbed on my finger for a brief second. It felt so soft and delicate. It was awesome!...


I was so excited to visit the General Store and maybe...just maybe...splurge on something that I've been eying in the catalog. Unfortunately, they didn't have much in the store that is in the catalog and I didn't find anything I couldn't live without. So, I left with free and wonderful souvenirs of memories and pictures. Maybe someday I'll have the opportunity to visit one of their catalog stores and be able to see some of their items in person, try things on, and pick something out for myself.

On every trip I go on I look for local yarn shops and stop in for a visit whenever possible. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to find a single yarn shop on this whole trip. I looked in the phone books where we stayed and it looked like there were quite a few in Salt Lake City but we weren't able to make it over there. That's probably for the best anyway because I have more than enough yarn to keep me busy for a while. :-)

Stay tuned for pictures and details about last weekend...an adventure of a lifetime! It was spectacular!!!

Flowers and a Dream...

We spent last week in Park City, Utah so our daughter could attend harp camp. It was an awesome week for her. She met a lot of other young harpists (a rare event, as you may guess, since there aren't a lot of harpists) and was able to work with world renowned harpist and the head of the University of Arizona Harp Department, Carrol McLaughlin. It was a an intense and exciting week of workshops, concerts, and fun.

When I wasn't sitting in on workshops, my husband and I were off hiking, biking or sight seeing. What a gorgeous place! It is so green and beautiful and there are more kinds of wild flowers blooming than I could count. I took a lot of pictures. Here are a few kinds of flowers that I had never seen before...




The natural landscape was stunning but the man made landscaping was beautiful too. Everything was kept up so beautifully. The Columbine flowers and Lupines were soooo pretty. I never knew they came in so many colors. Here are some that were growing in a flowerbed by the park and library...


Here's a Peony outside our hotel. They were so big...this is just one flower in my hand. So pretty! They don't grow here where I live so these were such a treat. They smelled pretty too.


We had one of the most awesome mountain bike rides ever. We rode the Beaver Creek Trail just outside of Heber City. It was so pretty! I have seen pictures of Aspen groves and single track trails for years and dreamed of riding in a place like that but never had the chance until last week. Wow! There were so many great things to see. The trail ran along a river (sometimes next to it and sometimes above it), There was green and flowers everywhere; more puff balls (dandelions) than I'd ever seen in one place; there were Beaver damms and ponds they had created; even cows...in the forest...that was weird but interesting to see. I just wonder how the ranchers find all their cows when they are so spread out and wandering through the trees like that. They were kinda scarry to come upon on the trail too cuz they were sooo big! The trail was a fairly steady uphill climb for miles but the pretty stuff kept me going. The uphill made for a super fun ride back down. It was so awesome! Here's a picture of me living a dream on my bike...


Here's another picture of a gorgeous Aspen and Pine forest from a hike at the Park City Ski Resort...


Tomorrow...pictures from the Sundance Resort. And, later this week I'll post pictures from this last weekend and what turned out to be an adventure of a lifetime!!!