Salt Lake City – Day Two

We woke up this morning fairly rested as the time difference gives us about an hour of extra sleep. We started the day with a hearty breakfast at the hotel. The buffet was somewhat pricey at $15 per person and $7 for kids but we were satiated and off to Brighton for a day of snowboarding.

The drive there was fairly smooth and it took about 45 minutes to get there from our hotel. Upon arriving at Brighton, we were warmly greeted by the many friendly people Salt Lake City has to offer. We booked double lessons, one for the morning and one for the afternoon, and proceeded to get our rental gear. The cost for everything was about $410 for lessons, boots and snowboard.

The kids learned rather quickly but us adults struggled quite a bit as each fall reverberated throughout our entire bodies. The change in altitude, cold weather and general lack of fitness quickly manifested itself in a relentless fatigue.

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After spending the better part of the day there, we drove back around 4 p.m. but the heavy snow made the driving treacherous. Most cars were driving 10 to 20 mph all the way back from Brighton to Salt Lake City. There were numerous vehicular accidents throughout the roads when we turned on the tube to catch up on the news and weather so we considered ourselves lucky. I must confess, I did lose control of the car at least four times but quickly regained traction and control after occasionally hitting a snow bank at the edge of the road.

Because it took 2 hours to get back from Brighton, we opted for room service as we had tickets for the Nutcracker show here in Capitol Theatre which started at 7 p.m. The concierge at the hotel secured tickets for us while we were out snowboarding and the tickets had already been charged to our room.

After wolfing down the most overpriced room service we’ve had in a while ($80), we walked over to the theater to what the show. The theater is about four blocks from our hotel so we walked during a light snowfall all the way there! Unfortunately, there was some confusion about the tickets we purchased and we almost went in late to the show but a direct call to the concierge’s cell phone (she provided her cell phone) quickly resolved the matter.

We had an absolutely great time at the Nutcracker. The kids thoroughly enjoyed themselves and we had a great time watching the show.