Roadtrip to Snow Redux

It took a month, but we finally revisited our trip to the Sierras to go sledding. We caravaned with our friends and their preschoolers to the Sierras. We found a lovely slope East of Mi-Wuk Village on Highway 108. Everyone had a wonderful time ... the big difference between this time and last time was preparation.

This time we shopped the winter clothing sales and got the boys mittens and snow pants. I got their snow pants a little on the big side, so that the boys can wear them next year too. We bought sleds from Mel Cotton's for $15. We also got an early start.

At first we were a little concerned that we wouldn't get great weather. The forecast called for scattered snow/rain showers until noon. When we arrived at the sledding hill at 10:45 am it was sunny and warm. There was so much more snow then last month too. Enough to build big snowmen, snow forts and lovely snow angels.

It turns out that Caleb doesn't really love sledding. He went twice, but found it a little scary. Xander loved it, but he was a little under the weather, and was a bit spacey. It made it a little more challenging. He had Jonathan worried a couple of times when he played kamakaze down the hill.

We packed lunches, and at 1 pm the kids were ready to head home. We even managed to swing by the Railtown 1897 State Park before heading home to watch the Super Bowl. Overall we had a wonderful time. We're off to Florida next weekend, but I think we'll be back soon before the snow season ends.