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Show Sleigh Rides Offer Patrons a Taste of Nostalgia in P.C. Have you ever thought that sleighs are really the way to travel in the snow and we all ought to give up our cars during the winter. Well, your' re not alone. Park City now boasts not one, but several sleighs. ;If . it's after six at night they're now . available for most " of your travels about town; But don't despair if you see them plowing Park Ave., cars are " also here to stay. The sleighs are broken into two groups. One is a 'fun' sleigh ride, which features dinner and wine and bear rugs to keep you warm. The other is a transportation system, running from Prospector Pro-spector to Swede Alley. I The dinner ride is the -one (already in Operation out of Sneakers. It runs every night that they have reserva-tionforbyer20 reserva-tionforbyer20 people. The wayt works is this. - First you have to have a (reservation, and you have to have it at least 24 hours before the ride. You can call 649-3359 and they'll be only too glad to make one for you. Oh, and by the way, you have to pay for the reservation reserva-tion at least 24 hours before the ride, too. Next, you pick up your tickets at the Old Town Gallery Don't forget they've moved. They're at 1101 Park Avenue. Back up one step. At the time you made the reservation, reserva-tion, you also have to make your choice of entree for dinner. You have your choice of steak, barbacued ribs or barbacued chicken. It's $30 for steak, $25 for the barbacued entrees and $20 for a half order of ribs or chicken for children under 13. (There are group rates for parties of more than 20 people.) The night of your ride, you jShow up at Sneakers at 6:30 and tell them you're there for the sleigh. From there you're off, as their brochure says, to "dashing through the snow" on a horse drawn sleigh replete with jingling bells and the crunch of white snow. The ride out from Sneakers behind a team of Clydesdales, Clydes-dales, takes about 40 minutes, min-utes, which you can pass, under your bear or elk hide, by sipping wine and listening to the guitar player who is there to serenade you. Your ride accross the golf course is ended when you arrive at the sheepherders tent which has been set up, thanks to Enoch Smith, president of Park Meadows Development Company, who t gave the sleigh company permission to use the golf' course.. ' . ; The tent houses i wood-burn- ing stoves to cook your dinner,4 long, tables from1 which dinner will be served, family style and plenty of, room for the up to thirty.1 people on the sleigh. 7 ' When you arrive, you'll be, treated to spiced wine, which you can sip while your dinner' is cooking. The entertain- ment, of course, will go on during dinner. When dinner is served, you'll be treated to your preselected entree, plus corn-on-the-cob, sheepherd-er's sheepherd-er's potatoes, soup, bread, hot apple pie and more wine. After dinner, it's back to the sleigh, under your robe, and off for Sneakers. You should be back by 9:30, with an evening to remember. iTIjie other sleigh rides are for transportation. The Sleigh Company wanted to run them all day, but they were only approved for evenings, due, evidently, to possible congestion problems prob-lems in Swede Alley. But, after six in the evening, you will be able to take the sleigh from Prospector Pro-spector to Alpha Beta, to Park Station to the Depot. From the depot, there will be two to four person sleighs, on wheels, but drawn by a horse, which can take you up Swede Alley. Prices for the sleigh range from $2 to $5, depending on where you want to go. The ride from Prospector to the depot will be behind a team of horses and on a 30-pas-senger sleigh. The route will be along the new state highway, which is not being plowed. r- Dufing the holidays, all of. the sleighs will be driven by Santa Claus, and appropriate; bells and things will be affixed to the sleighs. ; The people who are bring-, ing you all these fun rides are Scott Bills, Mark Sted- man and Georgene Crosby,! better known as the Park City Sleigh Company. Bills5 is the one with the: sleiglr experience. He's pu together sleigh rides im Steamboat Sprins, Sun- dance, East Canyon and The Jeremy Ranch. He's cur- rently running Sneakers at the Park City Racquet Club. He's previously catered din-i ner sleigh rides at Sun Valley, where he frequently Had 250 dinner reservations to contend with. Georgene Crosby is handling hand-ling the group's marketing and promotions. So, if it's a romantic r f vpninouseek, , ..justa romantic ride home from Alpha Beta, look for the sleigh 1 |
