Salt Lake City – Day 5

We started the day early with ambitious plans to return to Brighton for a second round of snowboarding. The drive started off smooth and clear but as we ascended the mountain, heavy snow and ice began accumulating on the road up. We got about 95% of the way up to Brighton when our car (and others in front of us) lost traction and began spinning out. At that point, our car had no traction and the wheels just spun as we tried to move forward. The car also slid sideways every now and then so we opted to u-turn and head back down the mountain. The main problem was that heavy snow KEPT falling and we were concerned that we would end up stranded up there if the snow kept falling. Unfortunately, we did not have a 4×4 drive vehicle nor were we sure if our car rental had snow chains to extricate ourselves should the worse happen. Luckily we made it down the road without incident.

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We opted to drive to Lehi and visit the Dinosaur park so we drove down there and were encumbered by heavy snow on the roads there as well. We were determined to get there so we drove about 20 mph and made it to the facility. The parking lot had about 6″ of snow and finding a parking space was a bit of a chore because of poor navigation and slippery conditions.

After spending a few hours with the fossils we headed back to Salt Lake City and spent the remainder of our time there. We started packing for our trip back home tomorrow and headed to the Spa again. Marge signed up for a facial and pedicure, the kids at the heated jacuzzi and I headed out for an 80 minute massage to finish the week here in Salt Lake City.