2025 was a big year for us as we welcomed our first child. Going into 2025, I knew the second half would have very limited travel, but with some work projects winding down the first half also wasn't that busy. I actually ended up traveling fewer miles in 2025 than I did in 2020 when COVID shut down the entire world for most of the year. I thought I would for sure lose United 1K status this year, but I learned that once every 5 years you can request a status extension due to l

I used to take an annual weeklong ski trip with a group of friends, but since getting older it's now several years between ski trips. The first time I visited Utah was with this group when we skied Park City in 2015, just after the merger with Canyons. In the past 10 years, the skiing landscape in the US has changed dramatically with consolidation of resorts and skyrocketing prices at the most popular resorts. In December 2024, the Salt Lake Tribune reported a study that Park