One of the Best Days Ever

Last Sunday we spent some time in Julian in the snow. It couldn't have been much of a better day. With clear blue sky and the sun shining on us at about 50 degrees, the snow never felt better. As we made our way through William Heise Park, we came to a dead end. The snow had completely covered the roads through the back end of the campground so they were closed. We were the first to arrive at this spot and quickly parked, unloaded and made a sloping downhill run of about 50 yards. With a few two person rubberized sleds, a plastic sled and a snowboard, we enjoyed the spot all to ourselves for about an hour until the next group arrived.

We started discussing how we might survive if we were to get stuck out here and immediately thought of Bear Grylls. I decided to try my luck at building an igloo...and with a really good snowpack going was able to create this little bad boy...not bad for a novice!

We also came across this guy that some other group had built and immediately acted like he was ours. Isn't it funny how adopt stuff as ours so quickly. This was very well done, must have been soe East Coasters, cause this guy was built to last ... or so they hoped. He actually didn't make it through the day. Dillon and I decided that tackling him like a crushing blow from a few Charger lineman or linebackers will put on poor Jay Cutler this weekend - seemed like more fun. So the snowman turned into a tacking dummy...and let's just say he didn't take it very well.

We also got a few chances on the snowboard. I took the bindings off so it was little slippery, but we had a great time. I hope that you all get a chance to get to the snow for your own snow day. It sure is nice to enjoy and then come back home to beautiful weather and get warm.

Merry Christmas from the face planter!