4th of July

For Independence Day, the Watkins Family decided to take a free trip to Park City, courtesy of a timeshare promo. What more could you ask for, free hotel room at a nice resort, free food and all we have to do is sit through a 1/2 hour presentation. After the first hour, we realized that we were living South Park Episode 603, which Wikipedia describes as follows:

The episode opens with the parents of Stan, Kyle, and Butters contemplating spending a weekend skiing in Aspen. While the other parents say they cannot afford it, Chris and Linda Stotch point out an advertisement that offers a two-day stay for free in return for attending a thirty minute timeshare presentation. Excited, the parents decide to go to Aspen this very weekend. As the group wakes up to their first morning in Aspen, two timeshare salesmen, who introduce themselves as Phil and Josh, greet the parents at the front door and urge them to attend the thirty minute presentation. The parents, who had wanted to ski, reluctantly agree to attend...stuff happens with the kids...Meanwhile, the parents are stuck in a Timeshare Meeting, the meeting having lasted for well over thirty minutes. After trying to entice them for over three hours, the salesmen are getting nowhere. Finally, Randy and Gerald can't take it anymore and announce that they and the rest are leaving. Seemingly accepting the decision, Phil asks the parents to turn over their table place cards, which they do. It turns out that their place cards have the "red sticker", which can be redeemed for one of three prizes. Meeting a flat refusal, the salesmen break down into sobs. Exasperated, the parents finally agree to claim their prize, which turns out to be an exclusive ski lift. Glad that their ordeal is finally over, they board the lift, only to discover with dismay that the lift deposits them in the same meeting room they had just left...more stuff with the kids...The next day, the parents are still at the timeshare meeting, unable to leave. In desperation, they call the police, only to discover in horror that the police work for the timeshare company as well. At gunpoint, they sit down to continue the presentation.

Seriously, this is what it was like. So the following two pictures are all we got from our 4th of July...the first taken before going into the presentation and the last one of the kids being crazy in the hotel room. Oh, and they were too tired to watch fireworks that night.