It's officially Spring Break! However, with Dave having to work and Ella having play practices still, we're a bit limited in our Spring Break outing options this week. The girls and I did have an empty square on yesterday's calendar and were excited to spend it hunting down some snow. We were even more excited to learn that my friend and co-worker, Joy, who has kids the same age as mine, also had a busy working husband and the exact same idea! We coordinated a Snow Day getaway with them and the six us had a fantastic time!
We found a great place, a little over 7000 feet up in the mountains that still had a load of snow and rented tubes for a day of play on the hills.
Tubing was SO fun, but even running starts, racing each other, and making trains got a little old. We spiced things up by starting this "tube surfing" down the hill. Trying to make it all the way down without falling was a challenge and had us laughing a lot.
Joy and I spent a good amount of time just sitting in our tubes by this beautiful snow-bordered creek talking about school. She and I have never actually been paired to teach together, but we get along great because we're very like-minded in our approach. While we had this lovely, long chat, our kids kept busy building snowmen and jumping their tubes off huge snow-covered boulders.
Snow in California is SO AWESOME! We wore shorts on Easter and the very next day, after just a bit of drive, were sporting snow pants. While we needed the layers to keep dry, we certainly didn't need them to keep warm! The day was sunny and gorgeous and multiple hikes up the steep sledding hill had us quickly sweating and shedding layers. Every one of us even came home with a bit of sunburn!
We're so thankful to get to know Joy and her kids even better in this super-fun, amazingly scenic setting. It was a wonderful Spring Break day.
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