I have not been blogging because I have been on vacation in the mountains and I have (a) been to busy and (b) have an internet connection that is powered by a squirrel running on a treadmill! The mountains don't yet have high speed internet!!!
Xmas was good but overwhelming! And if it is that way for me as an adult, imagine what it must be like for kids. It was truly too much food and too many gifts. I know it sounds like bah humbug but it is so much work for all of us and there are so many people in need around the world. If we all gave only half the money we spent at xmas to the needy, the world would be a better place.
OK enough soapbox.
We have been making good use of all our winter gear - we have been snow shoeing, ice skating and hiking.
We took a great ranger led snow shoe in Yosemite. We learned a lot about migration of animals in the winter, how the trees don't freeze to death (has to do with the sugar in tree sap) and animals that live in the snow. It was a great trip - we snow shoed to about 7500 feet and had an amazing view of the peaks around Yosemite. The trip was advertised for people 10 or older --- but they had never met Gracie before....at 7 years old, she was in the front of the pack and never complained!
We are suppose to get 2 to 4 feet of snow today and tonite in Yosemite so we will probably head in there again tomorrow to check it out, do some sledding and some snow shoeing.
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