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Saturday in Park City - Buffalo Meat, Pelotons, and More

Knowing that we'd be there again for the Saturday evening concert, Cyndee was able to arrange for us to stay over in Park City. We stayed at the Marriott (I winced a little bit, and couldn't help comparing it to the IHG family of brands). But it ended up being a good stay, and the property was very nice. We slept great, and had a lazy Saturday morning.


We left the hotel, and made our way to Main Street, and spent the next couple of hours walking up and down and up the street again, and checking out the various shops. We stopped in for a yummy lunch at the No Name Saloon, where I had the buffalo meat nachos. My review? Ooey and gooey bliss.


After a little ore walking around, and a stop for a treat at the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, we walked over to Deer Valley Drive, arriving in time to see the Tour of Utah bike racers go by. It was my first experience seeing a professional bike race, and a peloton (or main race body) in person, and I have to say, it was mighty impressive. We figured that the riders average about 22-25 miles per hour, all while climbing up 10,000 foot mountains. There's also a lot of support vehicles and staff, as well as volunteers. The Tour of Utah is one of the premier race events in the United States, and it didn't disappoint.



After that, it was off to Kimball Junction to run a few errands and meet up with our friend Rebekah to carpool back up to Deer Valley for the evening's main event.

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