Saturday was a really nice day so after the morning chores we loaded up the family for a long awaited sledding trip at Mt. Rainer. Almost as soon as we started driving it got cloudy but we didn’t care. We were going sledding! After a 2 hour trip we were finally there. Normally it takes 90 minutes to get to Paradise but we stopped at the slowest subway on earth to get some sledding fuel.
The kids had so much fun up there. As soon as we go there they were out in the snow and even found a snow cave that someone had made to play in. It was Lucy’s first trip to Rainer so we took some pictures of her with the family. Note the sign behind them. The snow is about 10 feet deep right now so they had to warn us to stay off the building.
Just as we were getting ready to leave the clouds broke and all the sudden the ‘Mountain was OUT’. We were able to watch the sun set on the mountain. As I told the kids ‘It’s a Mt Rainier Miracle!’ They stayed in the car while I went out and took 100 pictures of the mountains. I had taken most of my snow gear off so I froze but it was worth it.
It was great weather up at Rainier. Cloudy with light snow falling. It probably snowed half an inch while we were up there. That made the drive back down very exciting. At one point I had to slam on my breaks because an ambulance had spun out and had the road blocked. I wasn’t sure I was going to get stopped in time and I didn’t want to call my insurance agent on his birthday. :)
6 comments:
Looks like you had a great day, now that Dad has seen your bum buster sled, he might want to go sledding with you all....when was the last time you went sledding in GA?
I think we only went sledding 1 time in GA. The kids were still very small when we did that. Sledding down the driveway was pretty exciting for them back then.
Looks like the Zipfy got better use than it did with it's first owner. Isn't life fun?!!
Have to love that mt. Those Zipfy are a crazy ride
Looks like a very fun day in the snow. Glad the Zipfy behaved well for you. When we were at Ranier in July of '99 with David's family there was still so much snow that the same sign was still needed to keep people off the roofs. Lucy is in for an exciting life with you busy guys!
there's that bum breaker sled again!
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