Now let me tell you about the Gordons. They are my family's closest friends. So close that they might as well be family. When we are together it seems like we are just one big family. So it really seems like I have two sets of parents, Missy and Drew, and Heidi and Gordy. Our families seem to mesh perfectly. Gavin has his little buddy Kadence (or K.G.), I have Kazley, Mom has her Heidi, and Dad has Gordy. We are all the best of friends and always have a ball!!
This trip started on a Thursday when my parents and Gavbo left, and I unfortunately had to stay home so I could take an AP Art History test. But of course it was almost like a mini vacation being the only person home. I had complete silence to study, and I could stay up late and watch one of the best movies ever, Dirty Dancing! And make all the noise I
wanted about how amazing Patrick Swayze's body was!
After school was over the next day, I headed over to hitch a ride with Heidi and Kaz. So we made it up at about 4:00 on Friday afternoon. Once we got settled in, we headed up to Midway to go to SWISS DAYS!! The whole reason we do this trip!
Amazingly, we started buying stuff before we even made it to the actual Swiss Days. we found this great booth across the street, where we found some of the cutest head bands for killer prices. I just happened to get two- one had a yellow band with a red and white floral print fabric flower, the other had a turquoise and a white twisted flower on a black band.
That night we got through about half of the booths. We are all pretty crafty girls, so Swiss Days has almost just become a place were we get ideas to do things ourselves. But every so often something will surprise us and we will just absolutely have to have it. That happened to all of us with the soda pop can flower hair clips. All of us girls got one. And of course that night we had to eat dinner at Swiss Days, because the food is the best. I personally love the swiss chicken sandwiches.
The next day we spent a little more time at Swiss Days, and then just chilled at the condo. Once it got to be around dinner time we all knew where we wanted to go. It was where we went every year, and it was our favorite. Main Street Pizza and Noodle. We all love to go up to Main Street in Park City. Gordy loves the Harley shop, Kaz and Gavin love the cow store, and I love the poster store (more to come on the poster store in my next post, to be continued.) Then after the shopping in done we go get pizza. Main Street Pizza has the best BBQ chicken pizza and I have to get it every time, it is just that good.
After dinner, came one of my favorite parts of the trip. We went to Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory. I got, as I do every time, the frozen, chocolate dipped cheesecake (on a stick!) Consequently we all got a treat that came on a stick, and then came the joke of our "steeeeks" (or sticks). I wish I could explain more but it really was one of those "You have to be there" types of moments. But nonetheless we were all laughing very hard.
While we were eating our treats a loud blaring horn started to blast. It wasn't like a car horn, it was seriously like those noises you hear in old war movies when they're about to get bombed or something. We all started freaking out, I seriously thought we were going to get blown up. It was only afterwards that we found out that it was some miner's horn.
The next day we went to the Park City ski jumps, were there also happens to be a fun little resort. There are two zip lines, and a second Alpine slide, as well as many other things. (Now before I go one you need to know that I am absolutely terrified of heights. Its so bad that I even get queazy and a bit scared when I walk too close to the railing at school and make my friend's switch me spots walking down the hall.) My mom got us passes to down the Alpine Slide, and both of the zip lines. The slide was really fun, I just expected it to be a nice leisurely ride down slide, admiring the pretty mountainside. But about half way down, I could hear my mom coming in behind me, "Danielle go faster!!!" And of course what could I do but go as fast as I possibly do but go as fast as I could so she wouldn't run into me!
Next, my parents went down the smaller zip line. Gavin and I chickened out at first, me because the height factor, and Gavin because he wasn't feeling good. But once my parents came down, and we could see how much fun it was, Gavin and I knew that we had to go. Although I was absolutely mortified of the height, I actually went down. I just had to keep thinking about the movie Medicine Man, and pretend I was the girl in the movie, going down the zip line in the rain forest with Sean Connery. The whole experience was truly remarkable, and I had a blast! I sort of got over some of my height issues and prepared myself for the X-treme Zip line that I would ride the next day. I also learned that I can do most anything if I just pretend that Sean Connery is with me haha.
That night we had our annual game night. We started out with a game of Pictionary Man, girls against boys. The boys winning unfortunately. Next we played a game of Celebrity Taboo. Me, Mom, and Kazley on a team, and Dad, Gordy, and Heidi on the other team. By this time the boys had gotten bored and started to play their on game. We had so much fun, and my vast knowledge of Hollywood finally paid off.
The next day my Mom, Dad, Kazley, and I went to do the X-treme zip line. Poor Gavbo got so sick that he wasn't well enough to do much of anything, let alone a 1200 foot zip line! So we all rode up the lift to the top of the zip line. The four of us sat in line for about an hour. I was of course freaking out the entire time. It finally came time for me and Kaz to get harnessed up. So I reluctantly walked over to my spot, trying my best not to see how high up I was. We got harnessed in and I then held onto the straps for dear life, and shut my eyes. The doors opened and the line was let go. Once out the door, I opened my eyes, and Kaz and I simultaneously started to scream, although neither of us were scared in the least bit. The scene in front of us was truly beautiful, and the air suspension and speed made us feel as if we were flying. I even had to put my arms out just to act like I was flying. It was such a fun experience and the we all had an adrenaline rush that seemed to last hours afterwards.
Before we drove home we stopped for dinner at one of my favorite restaurants, Baja Cantina. I got a pina colada, and steak fajitas. This really was the best place to go for dinner, because it was Heidi's birthday, and Baja Cantina makes you wear a sombrero and sing to you if it is your birthday. So even though our lives were threatened by Heidi, we made sure to tell our waitress that it was Heidi's birthday. At the end of our meal an ensemble of employees came to our table and placed the hat on her head and sang. She surprisingly was not mad, but who would get mad if you get a free hot fudge sundae?
After dinner we packed up our cars, and made our way home. Leaving behind another year of tradition and laughter, bringing with us new traditions and treasure memories that will not be forgotten.
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