BabyTravels playing at Quail Lake Reservoir

We frequent the Saint George, Utah area quite often, at least six times a year. Most often these visits happen during the summer. For those of you who are not familiar with Saint George, Utah it is a popular place for Northern Utahns to visit. It’s about a four to five hour drive and it’s located in Southern Utah right before you cross the canyon into Nevada on your way to Las Vegas or Southern California. It’s also a popular stopping point for those traveling to the Grand Canyon, Lake Powell or Zions National Park.

It’s the perfect place for a quick get-away because it has sun, plenty of outdoor activities including hiking, rock climbing, four-wheeling, and lakes. It has outlet shopping, some good restaurants, a lot of historical sites, and much more.

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I love food. But not any just food, food that creates different sensations and evokes new feelings and memories. Food that brings people together and encircles them in quiet conversation and relaxed laughter. This is definitely the experience we had this past weekend while visiting Southern Utah. Benja Thai is one of Reid’s favorite Thai restaurants. He frequents St. George often for work or to visit his parents. This time BabyTravels and I accompanied him to visit his parents over Easter weekend.

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Sometimes living in Utah we tend to overlook the mountains of our great state. While people from around the world flocking here to get a taste of our fresh Utah powder, we’re complaining about all the snow we have to shovel off of our driveways.

I have a friend from out of state that happens to be one of those flocking to Utah. Actually, the highlight of his year is his annual trip to the Wasatch Front. So naturally when he came into town a few weekends ago our plans were centralized around the mountains, more specifically, Solitude Mountain Resort. Solitude is a local favorite that prides itself with short lift lines and plenty of terrain to enjoy. 

After taking some warm up runs on freshly groomed, wide open trails, we headed to the more adventurous edge of the resort and found some hidden powder stashes left untouched from the previous week’s storm. The snow was great, the staff was super friendly, and due to a bad fall by my friend, we found out first hand that the ski patrol and on mountain clinic were great too.

Solitude truly has a wide selection of terrain and although the mountain has plenty of runs that suit the beginner or intermediate skier, it has some steeps that are sure to give even most advanced skiers an extra dose of adrenaline. If the in-bounds terrain isn’t enough of a challenge, Solitude offers a program called Backtracks, a guided tour that takes you out of the resort’s boundaries and into the untouched Wasatch back country.

Seriously, the hype that surrounds utah and it’s claim to the greatest snow on earth is true. Visit www.skiutah.com to schedule your trip and check out Solitude and Utah’s 12 other world class ski resorts.

Is it weird to fly down to St. George, Los Angeles, or Las Vegas just for In-N-Out ? I guess the answer to this question really depends on who I ask the question to. If someone were to ask me such a question I would grab my purse and ask when the flight left? But it’s no secret to anyone I am addicted to animal fries and a cheeseburger protein style. However, because we have the ability to travel whenever wherever- I ask my husband what he wants to do for his birthday this weekend and he states he would like In-N-Out and doesn’t care if we do anything else.

I do have to note an exciting rumor that I recently was made aware of that In-N-Out will be soon joining us in the Salt Lake valley. A bitter sweet feeling really. In-N-Out is more than just a fast food place to me, as it will be seen here. It’s nostalgic from growing up in California and working there to pay for my college. It’s something that I don’t get that often that when I do- I appreciate it more. But oh well- I love In-N-Out that much that I just don’t care. Welcome to Utah!