Sunday--1st Hostel Ever

***Map Updated with Photos***  This morning we had a nice breakfast, packed up and headed to the Museum of Natural History.  It has only been open about 4 months and is built in multiple levels to blend into the mountainside  It has terraces on the top level that you can walk out on and see across the entire valley below (including Salt Lake City) and the entire range of mountains on the other side of the valley.  Today, it was snowing lightly when we stepped out there, and the view kind of took my breath away.

While the building was very interesting on the outside, the exhibits inside were incredible.  The Indian exhibit and the dinosaur fossils were both almost at the level of the things we saw at the Smithsonian.  Most of the fossils were located right here in Utah, which made them even more interesting to read about.  (Maybe we will find something like that when we hike some of these remote canyons??!!)

On the way back from the museum, we also saw the Olympic torch monument and stadium from the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympic Games.  There's a good photo of it on the map.

After leaving the museum, we headed to check in at our first hostel ever.  We used the security code to get in and were successful checking in on the first try.  (Everything is self-checkin, so I wasn't sure that everything would work smoothly, but it did.)  The room is small, but clean.  We have a TV with cable and free Wifi, so it's all good to this point.  As of this evening, we have not met any other housemates, so in answer to any questions....this hostel does not have any "Techno Twins" to party with. ***laughing***

We are planning to ski again tomorrow (either Park City or Canyons).  We have bought tickets already to both resorts, just need to decide which order to tackle them in!  Either way, there should be some fresh snow, so it will have to be a lot of fun.  Can't wait!