Park City Burning: Day 4 - Final Day

The morning of the fourth and final day of the reunion opened with the hysteria of packing in preparation for an eleven o'clock departure. The main objective for the morning was to get out of the hotel and down to the Olympic Park for a ski jump show, set to begin at high noon.

Your eyes did not deceive you, we went to a freestyle ski jump show in the middle of July. It turns out that in addition to having world class ski hills and bobsled tracks the Olympic Park in Park City also has a set of jumps that all point toward a pool. The family joined a few hundred other spectators as we marveled at the high flying acrobatics of the skiers as they vaulted off the ramps and came splashing down.

After the show a few of us (me, Jen, Melissa, and Lara) all went over to the zip line that flew above the huge ski jumps. The highlight of the ride could have easily been waiting at the top of the hill in anticipation for your turn, while watching everybody else in front of you go.

As they strap you into your harness the workers ask you to lean up against a door. Once you're secure the door falls open, allowing you to plummet down the side of the mountain while hanging from a cable.

With our time at the Olympic Park coming to an end the rest of the group journeyed back to Orem while I headed to Salt Lake. I spent the Saturday afternoon helping my sister's husband, Ugo, with some home improvement projects. Our main task was taking some carpet he had ripped out of his upstairs and rolled it out in a room in his basement.

Once the carpet was laid perfectly I rain across town to Rice-Eccles Stadium to catch one of the craziest upsets I've seen to date. Last place RSL beat first place DC United on two goals in the last five minutes of play.

Following the game I rejoined Amber and Ashley down at the Bagbys. The next morning we departed for Logan and arrived just in time to get changed and walk into church.