Brian Head

For the Monday of Spring Break we decided to get away but we didn't want to go too far.  So we went to Brian Head skiing.  We loaded up, drove to Brian Head, rented skis, bought ski passes, and hit the slopes...or in my case, hit the bunny slope with the magic carpet.

It was such a nice day that we didn't need gloves, hats or jackets.  It was great!  We went down the bunny slope until Courtney was ready to go off and then she and Bryan went down the large hill.  Courtney loves to ski and is very good at it.

Ethan stayed with me on the small slope until he felt comfy and then he went up with them too.  He wasn't as thrilled and felt a bit out of control but did a great job.

I stayed on the small slope and had a lot of fun going up and down.  The guy who operated the magic carpet told me that if I waited until the end of the day he would crank it up to 8 miles an hour!  It was running at 4 miles an hour when I was on it.  Hahaha!

After a few hours, the kids and I were tired of skiing but Bryan was still rearing to go.  So we took a break for lunch and then Bryan went on his own to do some runs of the other side of the mountain.  Ethan and Courtney had a snowball fight and then we went to turn in our ski equipment.

We were staying the night in a lodge in Brian Head called the Cedar Breaks Lodge.  The map on their website showed it on the road past the Navajo ski area, where we had spent the morning.  So we left the ski area and drove up the road for quite a while but we didn't see it.  We turned around and went back to the ski shop to ask for directions.  It turned out that the Cedar Breaks Lodge was right next to the ski slope we had been on all morning.  Yup, it was visible and within walking distance from where we had been.

We checked in to the Lodge (it was really nice) and then I went back with the car to wait until Bryan was finished skiing.  When he finished, we turned in the skis and went back to the Lodge.  We took the kids swimming, to the hot tub, ate dinner, bought treats, rented Star Wars and then spent the night in our room.  It was relaxing and a lot of fun.

Tuesday morning we woke up, got ready, checked out, took the long way home, and then went to St. George to watch a movie ("Hidden Figures").  We went home in the early afternoon.

It was a fun break!