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[quote=Anonymous]OK, here is the final installment - day 7/8!  We spent a full week out west, and flew out at 6am on Day 8, so it doesn't get its own post :)

Day 7:
Woke up, breakfast at Bryce Lodge, packed up, checked out and headed out for a half day of skiing at Brian Head Resort on our way back to Las Vegas. 
This was our first time skiing out West and we all loved it! It was the end of the ski season (the resort closed for the season two days after we left) and it was very low crowds this day.  My kids had lessons and we thought the ski instructors were both great, and we of course thought the snow conditions were a lot better than what we are used to on the east coast.  We want to go back! (For real).  I heard there was a lot of snow out West this year, so had an "epiphany" that we might be able to ski while in Utah for spring break, so I found this place just by googling around looking for what ski options there were near Bryce/Zion.  I really didn't know anything about this place but we decided to give it a shot.  In general, it seems like it is a lower cost resort with lower crowds, good instructors, good snow conditions generally, some slow moving lifts (but no lines), and an expert might not think it's hard enough for them - but we are definitely not experts - so we were super happy and it was right up our alley.  I have never been to a ritzy ski resort out west, but if that's your thing, this one is different from that, I believe.

Then we drove back to Vegas, staying overnight at Hampton Inn & Suites Las Vegas Airport.  I knew we weren't going to be at the hotel long this night (we had a 6am flight, and would need to wake up at 3:30am to catch a 4am hotel shuttle to the airport), so I was just looking for something cheaper with easy airport access and this hotel definitely fit the bill.  Since I didn't think we'd get much sleep this night as it was, I only got one room with two queen beds and a roll away bed.

My parents and sister did NOT ski - and instead they drove to the East Entrance of Zion on the way out of Bryce, seeing checkerboard mesa and big horn sheep and then also went to Hoover Dam before taking a red eye flight out of Vegas.

Day 8 for my family of 5:
Up at 3:30am / out on 4am free shuttle to airport from the lobby - which was too early for the free breakfast offered, but they had a little free breakfast out for us earlier risers, including fruit, yogurt, granola bars and coffee out - which I thought was really nice.
Then we flew out - we were sad to leave after a great trip, but glad to come home our house too!

Overall, it was a great trip.  We loved it and are happy we went.  I knew going in that this was going to be "traveling" as opposed to "vacationing."  It was definitely fine, but a little less relaxing to be changing hotels so often and really living out the suitcases because unpacking barely seemed worth it.

I'm happy to answer any questions about the trip as best as I can.  Thanks again for all the advice - I really appreciate it and I will continue to pass around this link when I see people asking for Utah advice!  We really do want to go back and check out other things we didn't get to do.  The animal sanctuary seemed too far this trip, but I think my 7 y/o, in particular, would really love it so I'll have to try to get there sometime - along with snow canyon, the east entrance of Zion, Canyonlands, Arches, and Capitol Reef, and the Grand Canyon and maybe even the narrows and the top of Angel's Landing!     [/quote]

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