Snoeshowing

This last weekend I went snoeshowing. I had never been before. It was a lot of fun. We went up past Aspen Grove. Hiking through 2-3 feet of snow, untouched in most places. Some fun things to do while snoeshowing:
--Run through the untouched snow as fast as you can. Make it a race with someone else (very tiring)
--Jump off of small cliffs into the snow or run down steep hills (the snow is very cushiony).
--Freestyle snowshoeing. This includes running and jumping off little hills and stumps and doing tricks. It's pretty funny too if your friend biffs it cause he didn't see the fallen tree becaus it's covered with snow. (Everythings funnier in the snow cause it doesn't really hurt.)

Snow? In December?

So the weirdest thing happened when I went from Utah to Washington (no, not getting stuck in the airport for 9 hours). There was snow on the ground when I left Utah and it was still on the ground when I got to Washington. Not only that, but it kept snowing, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Everyone in the Pacific Northwest is very surprised. They get snow up in the mountains, but not here at sea level--maybe twice a year, but not a lot either. I haven't had a White Christmas that I can recall. Maybe it will stick around a few more days.

That's my home.


The forest behind my house.