Monday, March 04, 2013

Ski cation!

Last weekend the family bundled into the Volkswagen, drove across two states, and arrived in Canaan Valley, West Virginia, for Phoebes first winter adventure. We stayed in a large cabin with 10 others, friends from DC (John & Carrie, George & Maggie) along with Carries mom and grand mom, sister and brother-in-law, and some other friends of theirs.

It was a big house with a hot tub and pool table, so space wasn't really an issue. Plus everybody took turns cooking a meal (and there were some good cooks) so it made a lighter load and lots of delicious food.

We drive up Thursday afternoon, so we had all day Friday and Saturday to play. This being a leisurely crowd, 'all day' typically meant leaving the house at 11 or so, and returning by around 6. The first day we went cross country skiing! We were thinking that we'd have to take turns sitting in the lodge with P, but as luck would have it, the car seat shoehorned into the Pulk (just barely) and we took our 11 week old munchkin on the trials. As an added bonus, the weight and bulkiness of the sled was just the right amount to equalize Rebecca and I. We skied with John and Carrie, who had never gone before, so it was a leisurely pace, but all had fun. The rhythmic pulling of the sled, along with the sound of the sled over the snow, meant P slept about 4 hrs!! She only woke up for lunch.

The next day we went tubing (P didn't go on that, but we took turns pulling her around in a circle at the bottom of the hill and she seemed satisfied)

Anyway, it was a great success! We are super excited to take our next family ski adventure.

Photos: the ski setup, close up of P in situ, cute ski bunny clothes, view from inside cabin, John and I skiing











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