We were all so excited for our first day skiing this season! We loaded up the car the night before and woke up bright and early to make the drive up the canyon. We hit a few snags as we ended up in traffic, and took twice as long to get to the mountain. Oh well, after three hours in the car, getting out and playing sounded like a pretty good idea. We got all of the kids bundled into their snow clothes and then realized...we didn't have the key to unlock the rooftop carrier! We had left it at home. We had a couple of choices. Pick the lock, rent skiis, or turn around and go home. We tried finding a locksmith, it didn't work. We didn't want to pay for rentals for everyone. And we didn't want to waste all that time in the car. So we came up with a completely new plan. We drove into town, picked up a few sleds, and bought a second-hand snowboard for Cambrie. The we drove back up towards the resort where there was a sledding hill that was calling our names. The kids spent the next two hours sledding down the hill.
Part of the hill was so steep that we didn't even need a board or sled to go down it. You could totally slide on your bum and just fly!
It was perfect. No one complained that we couldn't go skiing. No one was sad at all by how our afternoon turned out. The fact that we had all four kids smiling at the end of the day is a big deal. Cambrie grew pretty comfortable on the board and is anxious to try it on the real ski hill next. We're headed up again in a couple of weeks. Hopefully we don't lock our skis in our car again!
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