Sundance Resort--Utah 5

We visited the Sundance Resort near Park City, where you can take a 3 chairlift, 45-minute ride to the top of the mountain and get an amazing view. 

The resort is tied to actor Robert Redford, who also hosts the Sundance Film Festival in Park City. On the way up, we ran into Miss Utah and Miss Teen Utah, who had ridden to the top for a photo shoot. 

Ron And Don Interview Barefoot Bandit

I debated whether or not to post this.  Society has a penchant for glamorizing crooks.  Characters who harm others for their own benefit are made to be heroes, while the victims and law enforcement who work hard to protect us are ignored.  D,B. Cooper who hijacked a plane has been described as a folk hero, while Hollywood makes movies that want you to root for Bonnie And Clyde, Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid, and Thelma And Louise.
That said, Colton Harris Moore, known as the "Barefoot Bandit" has carved a narrative.  He is also is the subject of an upcoming movie.  Harris-Moore was sought in an intense manhunt after stealing of seaplanes in the San Juan Islands and beyond.  He was finally arrested in the Bahamas after risking not only his own life but of innocent people on the ground by flying airplanes that he was not trained to fly. 
Last week, he was featured in an interview on the Ron And Don show on KIRO-FM.

50 Years Since DB Cooper Hijacking

 Before Microsoft, Starbucks, and Amazon, the Pacific Northwest got very little attention nationwide.  However, in 1971, a man named DB Cooper hijacked a plane headed from Portland to Seattle and was able to extort 200 thousand dollars.  The sum would be worth 1.3 million in today's dollars.  

He received the money and four parachutes in exchange for freeing passengers and most of the crew in Seattle.  He then ordered the plane to take off to a destination unknown.  With just the pilots aboard, Cooper lowered the rear door and jumped from the plane, he was never seen again.  In later years, some of the money was recovered near the banks of the Columbia River. 

In spite of the terror that this caused for all involved, Cooper became something of a folk hero like Bonnie and Clyde, Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid and in today's lexicon, Thelma And Louise, and  the Barefoot Bandit.