One afternoon we wanted to go sledding, but the roads were so bad we couldn't drive anywhere. So we went over to the nearby pond, which was now empty, and sledded into the bottom of it.
Desert Girl found a nice hill nearby and we all followed.
I love their expressions!
Desert Boy decided to climb a tree. Getting down was a little trickier.
Sledding party!
We decided to change our venue and go over to the gas station, which was being plowed. The old cabins looked very scenic with their snow coatings.
Looks like Ava wanted a snow coating too! This girl loves snow!
We trudged along in the snow, the colorful coats and sleds lighting up the afternoon.
You can see how deep the snow was by the spigots. Obviously no one was camping here that night.
Angie really loved the snow too, burying herself in it and running all around. This photo is bittersweet for me, as she was hit by a truck and killed the next day. She enjoyed her short life, but her bad habit (that we didn't quite manage to break) of chasing vehicles was a dangerous one that ultimately didn't work out.
At that point, though, we were ready for fun in the snow.
We saw the snow plows come by, at about 4 pm. They had been by at about 8 in the morning, then went back and couldn't get back to us until about 10-12 inches of snow later! The schools dismissed early and the kids still got home late because one school bus broke down on the road, another could barely move through the unplowed snow, and it all was a bit chaotic.
Once the plow came by, we had a semblance of normalcy and enjoyed walking down busy main street.
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