Park City, UT: Property Wars (1484.3 miles)

Today was a day full of touring properties in and around the Deer Valley area. We spent quite a bit of time doing that, and, in an effort to get the most bang for our buck, Dad and I decided to use the tried-and-true skills we've picked up by watching Property Wars to evaluate the many properties we saw today. We did a thorough external investigation. We red flagged loose screws, creaky floors, and bad carpeting. We assessed remodeling costs. We argued about how to remodel, what to remodel, where to remodel, and just about every aspect of a remodel you could potentially argue about.

Today also marked dad's first major disappointment of the trip. I made a "terrible and unforgivable" mistake, and didn't GoPro our trip down the Alpine Slide correctly. Actually, I didn't GoPro it at all.  Dad was grumpy for a good while about it. He looked out the window of the hotel room for a long time, hands tightly clasped, obviously contemplating the true depth and magnitude of my failure. I tried to cheer him up with some lemon cucumber water from the lobby, which put his derision at bay for a few seconds, until he stopped enjoying the water and started thinking about my GoPro failure again. Luckily for me, we met the realtor right after our little incident, so I was spared a full days worth of angry glances.

To reward ourselves for a long day in the field, we had to treat ourselves to dinner at J&G Grill at the St. Regis hotel. Our dinner was wonderful, as we hoped it would be. I had a steak for dinner, pork belly for an appetizer, and a molten chocolate cake for dessert. It was delicious. I also got to enjoy part of dad's five course tasting menu, which was excellent as well. He had risotto, halibut, a short rib, and baked Alaska to name a few of the many things he tried. We also got to tour the St. Regis Wine Vault, which dad really enjoyed after his wine pairings for the evening. When it was all said and done, we had a three hour meal, which we haven't been able to do in a long while. It was easy to do as we looked upon the mountains and sat out in the comfortable, dry air.

Dinner overlooking Deer Crest from the St. Regis