Friday, March 23, 2007

a snow weekend ... in summerlike weather

Last weekend we went to Mammoth with Steve & Donna Jolley. We drove up there on Thursday, March 15 ... through 80 degree weather in Mojave. It's hard to believe that it's March! While we were in Mammoth, the temperature during the day probably reached into the 70s. I had no problem going for a run in shorts and a t-shirt. When we went sledding, we had to take breaks in the shade because it was too hot to stand in the sun.

Sledding was fun, but getting to the top of the hill was difficult for Craig and I. The snow got so soft that we would sink in up to our thighs. We finally resorted to crawling up the hill with the sled in order to spread out our body weight. (Oh, the things we do for our kids!) The kids had no problem hiking up the hill ... I guess 40 pounds wasn't enough to break through!
On Saturday, we took the Gondola up to the top of the mountain to join Steve, Donna, and Rockey (who were snowboarding) for lunch. The kids wanted to ride down the mountain with Rockey on his snowboard. I don't think Daniel was too disappointed because he kept saying that the Gondola ride was his favorite part of the weekend. Well, that and eating pancakes at the Stove on the morning we left.
The views from the top of the mountain were stunning.

4 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

so fun...love the pictures!
siric

10:34 AM, March 24, 2007  
Blogger Unknown said...

How fun! Great pictures and editorial. :) The Stove is our favorite! Yum!

8:25 AM, March 28, 2007  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

You could come to Maine and be able to stay in the sun and not be hot while sledding! What a great place you live in though, to have such a variety of climates!

Cricket

2:42 PM, April 04, 2007  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

You blog reminded me of a time, not so long ago, when we should've taken a gondola to the top of Piz Gloria, instead of hiking up dangerous peaks in shorts and tennis shoes. Fond memories.
(Are you impressed I'm actually making a comment?)
Tammy

10:44 AM, June 09, 2007  

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