Park City, Utah

Friday 8/08/08

We awoke to cloudy skies so we were uncertain if the rides would be open. We were able to get tickets for the rides except for the bobsled. It didn’t open until 1. If it wasn’t raining at that time, we could get tickets for the bobsled. First we rode the Ultra Zipline which follows along the winter freestyle hill, then the Xtreme Zipline which follows the Nordic jump hill. They were both so much fun, not scary at all. Then, it started to rain. It wasn’t looking good for any more rides for awhile because this was a pretty hard rain. We had to wait about an hour for everything to open again. As soon as we could, we went to the alpine slide. This is a steel track that gives the rider an experience like the luge. This was so much fun. I think we both would have done this again if we could. The rider controls the speed for himself. We both kept it going at a pretty good clip. By this time it was after 1 so the bobsled was open. It was now sunny and warm with no chance of it being closed any time soon so we got our tickets. Riders speed down the bobsled track with a professional driver up to 70 miles per hour. After all the instructions and waivers we were on the bobsled. We raced down the track at 66 miles per hour in 1 minute 5 seconds. We were the fastest ride for the day! What a ride. We were so glad we stayed the extra day.