Adventures in Skiing

Before I decide whether I'm a boarder or a skier (or both) I might as well try out both. So adventures in skiing! We found these fun little skis on e-bay and I don't even have to wear those terribly tight boots. We tried them out first in the house Then in the snow on the driveway. Then up to the slopes. We live pretty close so we take the free bus up to the lifts. That's me waiting for the bus. We tried out the ski school slope. Easy so up we go. I got to ride on the chair lift. That was fun, there is so much to see. Even on the beginner lift there is a beautiful view of the lake. Mom skied with me, and Dad was my personal photographer.

You gotta love it when the photographer eats it at the end. Check out the family on the mountain. After a long hour or two on the mountain, time to get back on the bus for the 5 minute ride home. Whew, I am tired. Guess what, I love skiing. I get my boots on all by myself, grab my skis and say, "SKI" "SNOOOW."

Maybe we'll see you up on the slopes!

Adventures in Snow Boarding

So I might be just a bit to small to shred in deep powder, but I'm still getting some board time thanks to Dad! First we get all hooked up, then up to the hill. We just used the student hill, for a short fun ride.

Look at that style. I loved it, and included my best motor sound effect the entire ride.

Check out one of our rides, we're the little dot right in the middle!

Have fun shredding it up this season!

Adventures in Sledding

I still like snow! One of my new snow adventures has been sledding. The first week of snow, we headed out to find a hill, with our trusty thrift store disk. Oh course we first had to test out the sled in the driveway. Then, we found a little hill to get us started and mom and I had some fun. After we got more snow, we headed for the professional hill. At least the professional hill that us shorties are allowed to go on.

We had to pay $5 for an hour, so not sure if we'd do that hill again, but it sure was fun. We've found some new free hills that look pretty good, so come and join us.

Lake Tahoe Views

So we've shared Lake Tahoe with you all before, but there's always more adventure to find. With the snow, Lake Tahoe has taken on a whole new adventure. We started by taking the Heavenly Gondola (or the 'dola' as I like to call it) to the top of the mountain. The ride up is amazingly beautiful! It is a little expensive just to take a ride up, but it is included with a Heavenly day or season pass. Plus at the top there is sledding hills, food, and ski runs. Almost to the top we got out to check out the view from the observation deck. Beautiful! It's very awe inspiring. What are your favorite winter views?

Merry Christmas!

SNOW!!

Yeah snow! I was barley old enough to realize all that white stuff was snow the first time I saw it (back at the post So. Cal. Mountains in June) but now I'm big and I like snow. The week before Thanksgiving we got our first snow storm at our new home. I got all bundled up, snow pants, snow jacket, boots, a hat and even mittens, and out to the snow we went. Really it was just the parking lot in front of our place, but it was sure fun. I made snow balls. I showed mom the snow all over my mittens. I even tried to crawl in the snow. Too bad the Thanksgiving week brought temperatures in the 50s so most of the snow melted, but no worries there will be more to come. Which means more snow adventures. Yipee!