10. World class skiing only 20 minutes away from our house.
The whole Lee family trekked out here for Christmas (including Jeff, all the way from Beijing!). David and Shane braved the weather on Christmas Day in search of powder. They found some at Solitude, a mere 20 minutes away from our house. Apparently it was “epic.”
9. Beautiful views out our kitchen window after a storm.
8. Sledding and playing in the snow, just beyond the fence.
Shane declared his love for me (or maybe just the snow) in giant letters (you can kind of see the I heart Y…). We made snow angels, threw snowballs, practiced our snownastics, and found a sledding hill and a broken sled that we utilized for the rest of the afternoon. All in our own backyard!
7. Groceries are so cheap!
Maybe I’m the only one who finds this to be exciting, but check out the price of boneless, skinless chicken breasts and milk! I have to remind myself that I don’t have a deep freezer and I must restrain myself.
6. Shane has his own personal flying field.
Shane built a remote control plane in our basement and can walk it out the back door and fly it out in the field to his heart’s content. A few other people have remote control planes that fly here, too.
5. Friends!
Last weekend, over the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, was the third annual “SLC MLK SKI GTG,” hosted by the Zimmerli family. About 90 people from around the world converged here for a weekend of non stop fun, skiing and eating. I believe there were kids from over 17 states, from as far as Hawaii and Florida and from Canada, Australia and South Africa. It was a great time seeing old and new faces, and we were sure glad that we had our own (quiet) house to sleep at, only 5 minutes away.
4. Two words: backcountry skiing.
Not wanting to “waste time” on the groomers at Brighton last Saturday, Shane and Ashley Williams found some untracked powder about an hour’s hike from the resort. As for me, I stuck to the blue squares. The lifts were invented for a reason.
3. Another two words: rock climbing.
Again, not wanting to “waste time” while in Salt Lake, when Ashley heard that we climb and that she and I are the same size, she easily convinced Shane to take her and Stefan Lindsay climbing up Little Cottonwood Canyon. They came home with huge smiles, despite having to brave the chilly temps once the sun went down. I think we might have sold a few more people on the joys of living in SLC. Skiing AND climbing in the same weekend, only 10-20 minutes away? Right on.
2. Good jobs. We both love our jobs, and that makes the gap between weekends a lot easier to deal with.
1. Vacation destination. It’s super fun to have our families and friends come to visit. Maybe it’s the international airport 20 minutes away, maybe it’s all the super fun things to do, but occasionally we convince ourselves that it’s just because we are here.
Are you sold yet? We love it when people come to visit, so come on over!
Okay— Why was I able to spot you and Shane RIGHT OFF THE BAT after pulling up the group photo? No kidding—- It was like looking at my kindergarten photo and picking out myself out of the mass of little beings. Also, SLC is an international airport? To where?— Some South of the Border destination catering to people in search of caffeine and sleeveless shirts?
Oh it’s really an international airport, I kid you not. As a Delta hub, it has direct flights to Paris and plans to start a direct route to Tokyo in the summer. I think it’s so Utahns can get a little dose of culture without too many layovers.
Wow. Utah just moved up a notch up on my rank list! Could you please import a bit of diversity and export a few conservatives
Just kidding, i think.. Can’t wait to experience the joys of your winter wonderland next week!
I’m thinking about it…
We’re hiring.
I bet I need to be a citizen though. Would recently converted be good enough?
Yup, citizenship is required. Naturalized is fine. Let’s talk details offline if you’re interested.