March 2005 Page 3

From The Web

In the distant future, I would like to create a directory on the Elmhurst Ski Club website of club members for use by ESC members only (accessible by using ****** as the password). If you do not want your e-mail address published, let me know. If you do not want your telephone number published, let me know. If you do not want your address published, let me know. If you do not want your name published, what are you trying to hide?

I would like to thank Rick and Christy Burke, Debbie Clegg, and Bob Engle for providing pictures of the Park City trip.

I would also encourage people to patronize King Keyser Sports in Hinsdale. If you speak to Bill and mention you saw the link on the website, he will give you a discount on services (but not on equipment).

Lester Hampton

2240 S. Grace #311

Lombard, IL 60148

630-916-4703

Webmaster@ElmhurstSkiClub.com

Utah (Trip Leaders Comments)

Our first trip to Utah and it was fabulous! Most everyday was sunny and warm. The Radisson Hotel accommodations were superb. We were close to the town of Park City and within 1 - 3 miles of any mountain of our three choices for skiing. The free breakfast was wonderful and enjoyed by all everyday. Even the $.99 cents wings at the bar were wonderful and enjoyed by many of us in the evening, well until they ran out, because they were so good and such a deal. My favorite location was Park City Mountain Resort. The area had great runs - nice and wide and pretty good snow. My second would be Deer Valley. Our first visit was not the friendliest by far. We left the mountain tour within 10 minutes or so because - well we won't discuss that, HOWEVER once everything was worked out about 20 of us or so went back on Friday to Deer Valley on them for the entire day, Bo even got skis free. The Deer Valley resort treated all of us like gold on Friday and we truly enjoyed our day there. Again, it was sunny and beautiful. We even found two locations for bathroom facilities without having to go down stairs. The tour was very enjoyable. Hey did you ever find your skis Bo? I hope so otherwise rentals are expensive. For the most part we had a few bruises and came back in one piece with the exception of sore knees. Also, we had one injury with Gloria - so I sure hope all is well with her. Looking forward to next year with Elmer's for another wonderful week of fun in the snow. Thanks again to all of you for making this trip a wonderful experience for everyone.

Bobbie (Lowell)

UTAH WITH THE BURKE’S

Rather then tell you about the whole trip which would take more paper and time then you might have, I’ll just give you the a couple details about Monday, the day we arrived. Rick and I decided to go to Park City and drove out at the last minute as we want to do, never being good at advance planning. We gained the slopes of Deer Valley by 10:30 AM and cruised a couple runs. The slopes were incredible, groomed, groomed, groomed and completely covered with snow. A very light snow was falling too! You didn’t need a trail map, everything was ski-able! Keeping our eyes open for any Elmers we quickly spotted some familiar looking ski clothes, then the faces that went with them! We found the Elmers before lunchtime and the ones we located took us to the appointed gathering spot for lunch where everyone eventually did turn up, most stupefied to see us there. Never count Rick out unless the event is over. During the afternoon we started out skiing with one group and gradually lost most of them but never fear, other Elmers appeared out of the woods to take their place. It was a constantly changing mix and having never skied at Deer Valley before, I must say, it was a truly beautiful places to ski. The care taken by the resort on their slopes, the variety offered in their restaurants and the setting of their buildings and shops made it first class. It's a place that would take several days to see entirely. The only problem they may want to work on was the courtesy of their mountain host but you can probably read about that in Bobbie Davis’s report.

That night the Elmers split up into small groups favoring a variety of restaurants in town. Italian anyone? We went in a group of 8 to ClaimJumpers. We bussed from the front door of the Radisson, since Park City has a fabulous free mass transit system. ClaimJumpers is a old-time saloon that houses a top notch red-meat eatery. (Some of our crowd did have fish but I don’t know why?) As we were walked to our table we passed the meals ready to be served and our eyes popped! Portion-size was going to be a problem for anyone who did not arrive with an empty stomach. The rooms at the Radisson didn’t have refrigerators for leftovers. We took pictures of the place including one of the tables with about 10 wine bottles in front of our group. Unfortunately, the wine bottles were really the menus and the wine was long since gone. For entertainment we had Betty Ashworth! She and her new friend, Lucas created a fabulous salad for us with a special dressing. Overly long peppermills didn’t intimidate most of us either. Betty again being the exception. Some people decided to split a meal but I had the small prime rib (you know the one that could fill a dinner platter and was an inch and a half thick!) Service was excellent too and in about an hour some of us were rolling out the door back to the bus. Many in our group took the after dinner walk up the hill in town and into and out of the stores to work off a couple calories. A beautiful night for that. The fiberglass mooses in town were greatly admired because they were painted and decorated to the nines! Some wore lipstick. Those of you that remember the cows in Chicago, should be able to relate to the fanciful mooses or is it meese? Anyway we have great memories and pictures of Monday, January 31, 2005 in Park City Utah.

Christy and Rick Burke

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