Sara and Mom come to visit

My mom and my cousin Sara came to visit for about a week. Mom is from Annapolis, Md. and Sara is from Atlanta. We got to enjoy a number of different activities around Park City.

We went over to the base at Park City to do the Zip Line. It covers something like 1500 feet of vertical drop. You can see Sara and Julie in the picture both dangling from harnesses. You get going pretty fast, but it isn't as scarey as you might imagine. Quite the rush!

Julie is off in the distance with a big lead. Sara is in second and I am in third, snapping shots as I go.

Julie approaching the bottom at a good clip.

Sara hops off, quite happy with the ride down. Julie appears trapped.

One day the four of us signed up for a one hour balloon trip around Park City. It is fairly expensive but everyone should do it once. The views are simply fantastic.

This was one of two balloons from another company. They took off from the same athletic fields that we did, but had a good head start.

This was our balloon being inflated. The highlight was the big smiley face that was at the top of the balloon. You could only see it looking straight up in the balloon or if you were above it somehow. You can see the image of a worker keeping things straight.

My favorite. Once the balloons were inflated, the fire gave the smiley a devilish look. I enjoyed taking numerous pictures of the smiley.

Our company had two balloons that day. They were both very large balloons and can carry about 10 people.

The Park Meadows golf course, looking nice and green.