Category: Salt Lake City

It was a day of snow boarding and fun for the Flanders & Simpson crew.    There were thrills and spills but for the most part, these peeps are quick learners! So here’s a collage of the days events. There is a very important lesson learned today though.  Our lodge has…

The day started out with an intense snowball fight which quickly escalated into using shovels of snow to drench opponents. After a snowball truce, we headed over to a quick lunch at Mickey D’s before we headed over Gorgoza Park to do some snow tubing.    Unfortunately, only video is available…

We got a bit of a late start with the time change but the time difference from central time zone made up the difference.   We headed over to the Brighton Ski Resort and got situated with an array of skiis, snowboards and other gear.   The Flanders opted to go snow…

It has been a long while since we’ve updated the website and that has been primarily due to the harsh economic conditions and lack of travel but with the economy improving we decided to head back to Salt Lake City for a quick vacation.  As an added bonus, we have…

During our stay at Salt Lake City, we spent our entire stay at the Grand America and I have to admit that this has been one of the best hotels we’ve stayed in during our travels all over the world. I like to compare our stay in three key areas:…

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…

We slept in this morning so we started the day late but after a late start we headed over to Gorgoza Park to go snow tubing. Everyone had a blast! I’ll let the pictures tell the story…. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MfdSevex9Y After snow tubing, the kids opted to go snowmobiling….. After the winter…

What a busy day! We started the morning with “Breakfast with Santa” at the hotel. Santa came down and sat with us and after breakfast we took a few photos with Santa and Mrs. Claus. The kids loved it! After breakfast, we drove over to the Utah State Capitol building…

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…