Vacationing in Swizterland????Or???????

Iris and I decided to take a little mini-vacation, just for a couple of days.  We arrived at our destination in Midway, Utah and thought we had landed in the Swiss Alps.  Everything there has a Swiss theme and even though it was not the ideal time of the year, it was beautiful.  We had a wonderful condo that could have accomodated a few more bodies, but unfortunately, this was the time we could get at such a short notice and we have nor regrets.  When we woke up on Tuesday morning everything was covered with heavy snow and it was still snowing.  It was beautiful, but it was rather warm and it soon melted off. We did take a little side trip over to Park City and Deer Valley where it was still snowing.  What do you expect when you go to a ski resort?  We looked around the quaint old town of Park City with all of it's brightly colored old miner's homes and art galleries etc.  then  later found a nice place to eat and then drove back to the condo in Midway.  It was a nice day.  We didn't do too much except just look around and relax, but it was good to be together, as it always is.  Below are a few of the pictures we took.

This is our condo on Tuesday morning about ten o'clock.  The snow had already mostly melted away.  The picture would have been prettier about two hours earlier, but I did't feel like going outside in my undies to take it.

Here is Iris at Deer Valley Ski Resort.  It's still winter just a few miles away.  You could, however,tell that spring is on its way.  Most of the ski bunnies must have taken to the golf course or the pools elsewhere.  It was rather quiet.  Just the way I like it.

Iris and the famed skier, Stein Eriksen, at Deer Valley.

Houses like this reminded me of the time I spent in Germany and Switerland many years ago.  They are very typical of Switzerland and southern Germany in the area of the Alps.  The homes often have these paintings on them and also proverbs or sayings all written in the old German script.  It was a fun time and we wouldn't mind going back again, maybe at a different time of year.  Maybe the Swiss Days celebration in September.