Vai rolar a festa....: Olympic Park, Park City, Utah

Friday was the Olympic Park in Park City. The first stop was the museum. There was a "rocket" (bobsled) in the foyer and the boys LOVED IT!! When we finally were able to pull them away from their beloved rocket, we walked around and read all about the evolution of skiing. It was not quite so interesting to the boys, nor to me. However, Tim really enjoyed it, as he loves to ski. The boys did quite like a few things: the ski jump toy, the downhill skiing simulator and the slalom marble game.

The top floor was all about the Salt Lake Olympics and had props used in the Opening and Closing Ceremonies. I found that to be very interesting.

We went outside and looked at the ski jump pools. For those who don't know: there are ski jump ramps with a large pool at the bottom. The ski jumpers can practice year round this way. There are pipes in the bottom of the pool to pump air to help keep the jumpers afloat. There are also big, ok, they look like huge slip-n-slides down the side of the hill. Big ones and little one. I think those might be to just practice form cause there is no jumping. The boys really loved those. Pach had on some running pants, so they were slick. Both he and Pickle climbed up these things and Pach started sliding down, fast. At one point he looked totally freaked out and Tim hurried to catch him. However, just before he got to Tim, Pach started smiling and realized he wasn't really in trouble.

We also saw the bobsled course which was fun to see. It had started to rain so we didn't go all the way to the top but it was still really cool.

After that we headed to downtown Park City and walked around. Thankfully it had stopped raining. It was still a bit cold, in the 40's but not wet too. We all had a great time.