Wonderful Escape

Every year my family takes the fifty minute or so drive up into Little Cottonwood Canyon to Snowbird. Every year we go up on a Saturday afternoon and spend part of the week there. Every year we go with the same people, stay in the same rooms, eat mostly the same foods, and do most of the same things.....and yet, every year I absolutely love it!

For you see, it doesn't matter that we do the same things, or eat basically the same foods, or stay in the same rooms at all... in fact, it is doing those things that make it so much fun. It is one of those trips where you know that you can just go and relax. One where you know what to expect and you know what you are going to do. You know that you will probably go hiking, lay by the pool, read a book or two, go look through the shops (even though they never change), go on the nature walk almost every day, visit the playground, watch thunder storms from the balcony, and play cards or watch movies in the evening and into the night. You also know that it will be filled with much laughter and fun along the way. And that, my friends, is why I love it. I love just being there with my family and hanging out. It truly is a wonderful escape from the world.