The end of summer got crazy for us. In the midst of selling our house and buying/moving to a new one, we decided to take a break and enjoy Labor Day at Snowbird.
So we didn't know Oktoberfest was going on until we got there (October, anyone?) but why not introduce the kids to a German drinking festival when you get the chance... Fortunately, there wasn't a lot of heavy drinking going on, as it was a Monday afternoon and all.
We really did enjoy the reason for our visit, which was the rides. The alpine coaster is my favorite. The smell of the pine trees is really fresh when you're on this roller coaster type ride through the side of the mountain. And the kids really like the alpine slide, which goes a little faster. Kind of fun to see what smart marketing people are able to make available at a ski resort in the summer.
After our pizza lunch, we rode the tram up to the Peruvian Tunnel, which cuts underground through one side of the mountain to another. We were told it was 10 degrees cooler in the tunnel than it was on the mountain, but it felt more like 20 or 30. It was funny to go from being in the blazing hot sun where we were sure we were getting fried to being freezing cold and wishing we had our jackets. Utah's extreme weather at its finest.
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