Skiing and biking and friends
27th December 2009
We had a fun skiing and biking adventure today. A friend of the Cardwell’s organized a small skiing outing with a couple different families. I decided to do a longer mountain bike ride and meet them out at the trailhead to take some pictures. Went great except that Josiah was still feeling sick with a probable ear infection and stayed home with Grandma Sandy. Before dinner, Kristine and Grandma Sandy and the kids went over to some of our most faithful blog readers Judy and Alison Ricci. Here are the pictures and videos that tell the story.
Friends
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Hanging out with Alison and Judy Ricci |
Skiing
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Analise, the ski princess getting ready to head out for a long ski |
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Heading back down the trail after a long ski |
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Trying to catch snow flakes while Mommy looks very cold and Dale and Molly ski ahead |
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Being towed along at the very end – quite a workout for Kristine! |
Biking
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I rode from Shell Lake to Spooner onto a fun road called Roundhouse Rd. I saw the dinner train where we had quite a fun adventure two years ago. |
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Roundhouse Rd – typical snow covered rd from the ride |
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The end of the line for this train – snow covered tracks |
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Christmas decorations out in the country beyond Spooner |
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Snow mobilers – I saw lots of them on this fine Sunday afternoon |
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Snow mobilers alongside the road |
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Horses in the snowy countryside |
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Beautiful shell lake – over 3 miles across. I am hoping to bike across it tomorrow or Tuesday |
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I’ve ridden in cold weather before, but this is the first time I’ve had ice freeze to my knees! |
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Self-portrait about 3/4 of the way through the ride. Temps in the teens with slushy, salty, dirty snow kicked up on my face |
Ton of snow here!!!
December 28th, 2009 at 11:07 pm
You have once again made Walkers morning. “Snow trains, snow trains!”
December 29th, 2009 at 12:37 am
I’m glad he liked them. I’ve posted more pics today of a huge snow plow. Y’all should come up to Wisconsin some year for a winter vacation – they have a dinner train in Spooner that I’m sure the kids would love!