The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs and Other Meaty Matters

This afternoon I finished an absolutely magnificent year-long educational experience that I didn't want to end. It was my school district's associates partnership with BYU (cohort number something-or-other) for inservice teachers and administrators. I met some incredible colleagues from throughout the district and read some mind-expanding, thought-provoking literature that I know I wouldn't have picked up on my own had it not been assigned to me. (My reading tends more toward recreational titles like Alexander McCall Smith's The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs.)

But I digress. Another post for another time.

Three of the aforementioned 2-day-long education sessions took place at The Canyons Resort in Park City. Which brings me to my reason for living writing this post:

Where should we hold the 2011 Stimpson Family Reunion next summer?

I have a suggestion: The Westgate Hotel at the Canyons Resort. (NOTE: This is intended only to light up the discussion board, not to dictate anything to anyone.)

One thing I liked about The Westgate was that summer rates drop dramatically to $149 per night for a really nice room that

1.   sleeps 8 [2 king beds and 2 queen pullouts],
2.   has 2 full kitchens and 2 family rooms,
3.  4 flat-screen TVs,
4.  2 two-person [or four-person-if-you're-into-that-sort-of-thing-but-you'd-better-not-be--not on my watch] jetted tubs,
5.  2 two-person shower/saunas, and
6.  a door that can be closed to divide the 8-person space into two separate, more private spaces (4 people in each).

On site also are indoor and outdoor swimming pools, a workout room, and then some other amenities that cost extra but I can't remember them right now--your typical resort stuff like a spa and hair salon--you know the stuff.

Photos here.

There are lots of things to do in the summer in Park City.

It gets us out of the heat, were we to hold the reunion around the 4th of July like we did for a few years in the past.

If Grandma maintains her current mobility, she could come to it and stay at our house for a few days before and/or after, as could anyone else traveling some distance. (We have sleeping beds for 10 adults plus as many floor spaces for children as needed.)

Bren and Teresa live in the area now. Bim and Krista have relatives in the area. Greg and Shawn have relatives in the area. Coy and Scott have relatives in the area. Kevin and Jamie have relatives in the area.  Coy's and Scott's dogs have relatives in the area. 

We are in the area.

Throwin' it out there.  Right atcha.