Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Snow Day

When all the stars fall into place and you get both a holiday and a sunny day on the same day, you spend it outside…

We spent MLK Day up at Mt St Helens. While the roads were a bit slick in the shade, it was a LONG way before we actually hit snow.

mt st helens 04 mt st helens 03 the view from the visitors’ center in Castle Rock

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Will stopped to take pics at this great spot!

But eventually we got to the snow and enjoyed playing in the sunshine! Some of us wore only ski pants and t-shirts, it was so warm!!!

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We finally made it to the snow!

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They started out rolling snowballs down the hill…

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Then they thought it looked like so much fun, they went down the hill, too!

All the playing and climbing makes one hungry. We drove up to Coldwater Lake for a bit of lunch.

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this one broke through…

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This one didn’t… but you could hear the thud echo all across the lake!

 

What a perfect way to spend the day! And we even got down off the mountain before dark!!!

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