Xmas Road Trip Comes To An End

From Bryce Canyon we went to Panguitch for the night where we stayed at one of those run down American gems, the small town motel. It was actually pretty decent and cheap with heat and hot water. The next day we stopped at Brian Head for a quick day of snowboarding before heading up to Salt Lake City where Jesse and Tierra picked up Tierra's daughter and brother. Vero and I only had two nights there before having to head back to the Bay Area.

We got one day in at Snowbird, which turned out to not be a very beginner mountain. I enjoyed it but the green runs were far from green so it wasn't as enjoyable for the less practiced. Solitude was the place to go we learned later, but it was too late for us. We went out for dinner for Tierra's birthday, I barely made it to midnight and fell asleep at 12:05am, then we spent New Year's Day driving the twelve hours home along Interstate 80. That drive, which is usually boring and desolate, was quite beautiful since there was snow cover most of the way and we got to chase the sun with spectacular colors in the sky as it set.

Back home we continued our vacation by spending the weekend with our friend, Emily, and her Russian friend, Natasha, both whom were visiting from Moscow. Now it's back to the grind and officially starting our search for a house.