Playing in the Park: Weekend too short

This past weekend seemed too short. Woke up on Saturday and quickly found out we were out of coffee. So as I ran to the store, I noticed the fresh dusting of snow on the lower slopes of Park City. UGH! Turned on the local public radio and it was snowing in Old Town and the mountain bike race that morning had to be changed because of new snow on the trails. It did clear up and we did have a sunny although chilly afternoon. I headed down to Sugarhouse for a couple of bike races and the family met me

down there. We finished up the day with dinner at the Blue Plate. It's our favorite breakfast joint in SLC. They serve breakfast all day, so we had breakfast and coffee at 5pm. The Blue Plate was featured recently on Diners, Drive-in's and Dive's on The Food Network.

The place is great. It was a bunch of old bikes locked to the front patio and inside is decorated in 50's style kitsch with Johnny Cash and Elvis playing on the juke box. If you are ever to SLC, make sure you stop by.
Sunday ended up being a nicer day, after a relaxing morning and a not so relaxing 4.5 hour bike ride with my friend Eric, we headed over to the base of Park City Mountain Resort for some family fun. Dekker and I did the "Launcher" (check out the video below). He was tentatively for a minute, but then had a blast. The kids then hit the "Sky Rocket" and "Carousel.

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Haydenne fell asleep on the way home in the car, so Dekker and I decided to squeeze in 9 holes. I'm hitting the ball a bit better, but still struggling to get bogey. The course is tough as nails.
You will notice Dekker already keeps his eye on the ball better than his dad does.

I've posted more photos online. If you want to look at all the photos click on the right hand side of the page. In case you are wondering, I do realize I have a daughter. Unfortunately, Haydenne's photos from the carousel came out too dark and she was sleeping the rest of the afternoon. Grandma and Grandpa Hageman show up on Thursday. Hopefully, it won't snow for their visit, but..