We are out of there early the next morning, hoping to get to Park City early enough to get into town and have a nice dinner out. But, not so fast! The weather has cleared up, though there are high winds and the driving is tough. But the good news is Gigantor's new pump seems to help a great deal in climbing the mountains. But we're getting another warning that the car's batteries are low. The tow bar hook-up is supposed to keep the battery charged, but that seems to not be happening.
Again it's a wiring thing and no one can figure it out. After over an hour of this, we decide to just drag the dead car which means it's rear lights/signals will not be working...but it appears our only choice.
We make it to Park City late in the afternoon but are too depressed and tired to go out. We are grateful we have pizza in the freezer.
The Park City RV Resort (parkcityrvresort.com) is new and is very close to town. It's all paved, decent pool, hot tub etc. But the only sites with any semblance of a view or room are the "E" sites. E6 is the very best. It has a nice gazebo with table and chairs and looks over a pretty little stream. We are very anxious to take a walk on the trails in the morning.
All night the wind is howling and the rain is pelting down. Then the temperature plummets. We awake to this in the morning. It's May 21st for heaven's sake!
Our stroll through town doesn't last long enough 'til dinner, so we decide to drive up to Deer Valley to take a look at the ski resorts and site of some the 2002 Olympic ski events.
We stop at the Stein Erickson Lodge (steinlodge.com) for a drink and find it eerily empty. It's a perfectly pleasant ski lodge-type hotel, but we do not understand the $800 a night ticket during peak season. The drinks are a bit pricey, but not over the top, but it's the $6 bowl of undistinguished nuts that sends us over the edge.
We're really trying hard to have a good time...it's not been easy these past few weeks....all of the mechanical issues and the dreadful weather we've encoutered is taking it's toll. We have been talking about turning around and going home. But we keep thinking we have to press on....some of the spots we've yet to see are some of the premiere destinations of the entire trip and we'll never do anything like this again. We keep trying to remember how great the first six months were.
We go back to town to try Bistro 412 for their "happy hour" dinner (which actually is from 5-9 p.m.) in the upstairs bar. The bar food menu is half-price and we only want a nibble after those awful nuts. This was a very good choice. Rick gets a small steak and frites, nicely cooked and flavored....I have very good curry mussels. At half price they are actually priced fairly.
Tomorrow's weather is looking worse...cold and rain.
It's a miserable morning, but we have found a Farmer's Market we want to visit....this will get us going. The market is a total bust...not one bit of fresh produce, a few vendors with frozen meat and mostly a conglomeration of flea market type things. Go to Whole Foods. Head back and spend the day doing the laundry and ironing.
We hope that tomorrow proves better....been putting off going to the 2002 Olympic Park, waiting for better weather.
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