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!

Reno Air Races 2009

Being near the area we just couldn’t miss a chance to see the Reno Air Races, so here is take two. (If you remember we saw the races in 2008, if you missed it check it out in Dec. 2008). Now being a bit bigger I enjoyed everything a bit more. Just outside the airport, this huge hot air balloon was giving short tethered rides. We didn’t take a ride, but it was sure fun to watch all that fire. We checked out the static exhibits (all the planes staying on the ground). Mom’s favorite was the 1950s aero car. Dad liked this old car. (I know cars at an air show, but they were pretty cool). On the subject of cars, the US Airforce showed off their rocket car.

Flames and a cool looking car, wow!

We even got to see the Blue Angeles do a practice run, which got cute short due to a technical problem. My first time seeing the Blue Angeles was still pretty cool.

We even ran into a friend from Texas, Hi Eddie!

The races were awesome as always. We really liked the Jet class races, because they are big and loud. It was definitely a day full of fun. If you missed the races this year you’ll have to wait until 2010, but it should be well worth it. For more info, check out:http://www.airrace.org/indexJS.php .

Hey I think I got bigger!