Ahhhhhh, on the slopes again....

after 17 years!  It's been that long since I have been skiing... is that true?! Wait... yes, it is! I can't BELIEVE it's been that long!   But alas, it has... and yesterday, the family headed to Snowshoe (Silvercreek) to hit the slopes... but this time for me, it wasn't about skiing...but tubing!  E and Rabbit, Eric and I woke up Saturday morning all excited and goofy with anticipation (okay, except for E, 9, who thought it sounded "boring" and needed an attitude adjustment!).  We got all of our gear ready (layers upon layers of, well... layers - Eric and I remembering, lo those many years ago, of freezing our patooties off and being miserable, so we wanted all of us to be more than prepared), went into town and then off to Snowshoe with the boys' cousin, 8 (who had also had an attitude problem that morning!) and uncle (Eric's brother).  It was a "balmy" 50 degrees in town, but we were hopeful for cooler temps and snows in the mountains.  Needless to say, when we could see the mountain upon which we were to tube, it was....snowless!  Oh well, the run was snow-BLOWN and it worked out very well.  None of us had been tubing before (except b-i-l and his son), and we were a tiny bit apprehensive about how you get your tube attached to the machine that pulls you and the tube up the hill... however, when we got our tubes and headed for the line, we were met with a cable with hooks that was not making the slightest movement.  Okay, here's where I admit my physical weakness, and tell you of my HUGE disappointment and nervousness because I knew that after one, MAYBE two attempts at walking up the mountain with my tube, I would have to quit... there is NO way I could have done that, even if I had to!

But, the cable started to move, and we were off!  It went remarkably well, and we all had a blast!  It was absolutely beautiful, and it turned out to be a gorgeous day.  It was so awesome to see Eric having such a great time with his boys.  It turned out that our group was a party of 23 (from b-i-l's church) and we knew a bunch of them, so that made it even more fun.  I ended up being the only mom to go, and quite frankly, I'm glad I didn't know that beforehand because I may not have gone.  But I am SOOOOO glad I did.  It was a great experience for our family!

I wish I could show you pics, and I had every intention of doing that, but once I took my first pic, the battery went dead (thanks, Rabbit!).  So here is the one pic I have, of the pile of tubes to choose from, and the people in the pic aren't even us, but still....

I would highly recommend this for families!