Snow!

We're back from our snow holiday. And when I say snow, I mean, shit loads and shit loads of snow. Hours of snow. Feet and feet of snow. Lots. Of. Snow.

We drove up Monday arriving at the rendezvous point a bit early. You aren't allowed to drive to the lodge during the winter without an escort that goes only three times per day. We had lunch, played in the snow and Michael put on the (much needed) chains.

At 3pm, we took off with the large escort. We drove about 10 miles an hour for about 30-40 minutes as the snow around us got deeper and deeper and higher and higher.

We arrived, immediately saw Amy and family, checked in, and got settled.

The lodge was very lodge-y with a big dining hall, play room (with games, puzzles, ping pong, foosball). Each meal was included with the (not so cheap) price of the room which was very nice for us, but not always great for the kids since the meals were not necessary kid friendly. We had a large room that had two bunk beds and a huge king bed and plenty of extra room for lots of snow gear.

The lodge rented out snow shoes, cross country skis, snow boards, and provided sleds daily. Amy took Miranda and Parker to the sledding hill while we stayed with Elizabeth who had been behaving extremely badly for the last couple hours.

Over the next three days, we ate, did some sledding, tried the skis, played in snow, ate some more, hung out with the Martin/Marcuses, and did a lot of sleeping over until driving home today, Friday. Oh, and there was a big snow storm on our second day which dumped about 4 feet of snow which made for interesting walks and a completely covered car that had to be dug out. Good times.

We both agreed it was a good trip with lots of memories for the kids, but it was a lot of effort and money and three days probably would have been enough.