{"id":1814,"date":"2009-12-27T21:49:33","date_gmt":"2009-12-28T02:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/?p=1814"},"modified":"2009-12-27T22:57:07","modified_gmt":"2009-12-28T03:57:07","slug":"skiing-and-biking-and-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/?p=1814","title":{"rendered":"Skiing and biking and friends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We had a fun skiing and biking adventure today. A friend of the Cardwell&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<h3>Friends<\/h3>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/friends.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/friends-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Hanging out with Alison and Judy Ricci\" title=\"Hanging out with Alison and Judy Ricci\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1826\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/friends-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/friends.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td>Hanging out with Alison and Judy Ricci<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<h3>Skiing<\/h3>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align:center\"><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/PTlGYmeDo0E&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;rel=0&#038;color1=0xcc2550&#038;color2=0xe87a9f\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><\/object><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align:center\"><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/hMncQyFwAQM&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;rel=0&#038;color1=0xcc2550&#038;color2=0xe87a9f\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><\/object><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/skiprincess1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/skiprincess1-219x300.jpg\" alt=\"Analise, the ski princess getting ready to head out for a long ski\" title=\"Analise, the ski princess getting ready to head out for a long ski\" width=\"219\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1820\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/skiprincess1-219x300.jpg 219w, https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/skiprincess1.jpg 730w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 219px) 100vw, 219px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td>Analise, the ski princess getting ready to head out for a long ski<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/skiprincess2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/skiprincess2-233x300.jpg\" alt=\"Heading back down the trail after a long ski\" title=\"Heading back down the trail after a long ski\" width=\"233\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1819\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/skiprincess2-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/skiprincess2.jpg 779w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td>Heading back down the trail after a long ski<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/skiprincess3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/skiprincess3-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"Trying to catch snow flakes while Mommy looks very cold and Dale and Molly ski ahead\" title=\"Trying to catch snow flakes while Mommy looks very cold and Dale and Molly ski ahead\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1818\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/skiprincess3-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/skiprincess3.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td>Trying to catch snow flakes while Mommy looks very cold and Dale and Molly ski ahead<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/skiprincess4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/skiprincess4-300x219.jpg\" alt=\"Being towed along at the very end - quite a workout for Kristine!\" title=\"Being towed along at the very end - quite a workout for Kristine!\" width=\"300\" height=\"219\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1817\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/skiprincess4-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/skiprincess4.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td>Being towed along at the very end &#8211; quite a workout for Kristine!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<h3>Biking<\/h3>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/dirt5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/dirt5-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"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.\" title=\"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.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1829\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/dirt5-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/dirt5.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td>I rode from Shell Lake to Spooner onto a fun road called Roundhouse Rd. I saw the dinner train where we had quite a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/?p=517\">fun adventure<\/a> two years ago.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/dirt4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/dirt4-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Roundhouse Rd - typical snow covered rd from the ride\" title=\"Roundhouse Rd - typical snow covered rd from the ride\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1828\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/dirt4-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/dirt4.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td>Roundhouse Rd &#8211; typical snow covered rd from the ride<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/dirt6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/dirt6-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"The end of the line for this train - snow covered tracks\" title=\"The end of the line for this train - snow covered tracks\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1830\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/dirt6-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/dirt6.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td>The end of the line for this train &#8211; snow covered tracks<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/dirt7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/dirt7-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"Christmas decorations out in the country beyond Spooner\" title=\"Christmas decorations out in the country beyond Spooner\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1831\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/dirt7-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/dirt7.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td>Christmas decorations out in the country beyond Spooner<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/dirt8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/dirt8-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Snow mobilers - I saw lots of them on this fine Sunday afternoon\" title=\"Snow mobilers - I saw lots of them on this fine Sunday afternoon\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1832\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/dirt8-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/dirt8.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td>Snow mobilers &#8211; I saw lots of them on this fine Sunday afternoon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/dirt9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/dirt9-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Snow mobilers alongside the road\" title=\"Snow mobilers alongside the road\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1833\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/dirt9-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/dirt9.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td>Snow mobilers alongside the road<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/dirt10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/dirt10-300x208.jpg\" alt=\"Horses in the snowy countryside\" title=\"Horses in the snowy countryside\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1834\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/dirt10-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/dirt10.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td>Horses in the snowy countryside<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/dirt2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/dirt2-300x213.jpg\" alt=\"Beautiful shell lake - over 3 miles across. I am hoping to bike across it tomorrow or Tuesday\" title=\"Beautiful shell lake - over 3 miles across. I am hoping to bike across it tomorrow or Tuesday after the ice has had a chance to set.\" width=\"300\" height=\"213\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1821\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/dirt2-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/dirt2.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td>Beautiful shell lake &#8211; over 3 miles across. I am hoping to bike across it tomorrow or Tuesday<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/dirt3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/dirt3-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"I&#039;ve ridden in cold weather before, but this is the first time I&#039;ve had ice freeze to my knees!\" title=\"I&#039;ve ridden in cold weather before, but this is the first time I&#039;ve had ice freeze to my knees!\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1827\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/dirt3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/dirt3.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td>I&#8217;ve ridden in cold weather before, but this is the first time I&#8217;ve had ice freeze to my knees!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/dirt1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/dirt1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"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\" title=\"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\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1822\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/dirt1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/dirt1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td>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<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/snowdepth.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/snowdepth-300x231.jpg\" alt=\"Ton of snow here!!!\" title=\"Ton of snow here!!!\" width=\"300\" height=\"231\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1839\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/snowdepth-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/snowdepth.jpg 623w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nTon of snow here!!!<\/p>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We had a fun skiing and biking adventure today. A friend of the Cardwell&#8217;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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[34,11],"tags":[68,19,118,116,115],"class_list":["post-1814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adventure","category-travel","tag-christmas","tag-photos","tag-skiing","tag-videos","tag-wisconsin"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pkzLf-tg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1814"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1814\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1840,"href":"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1814\/revisions\/1840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}