On friday we slept in and around lunchtime, we decided to head up to Mt. Charleston to check out the snow, and possibly do some sledding, depending on what we found. With all the rain the Las Vegas area had earlier this week, the mountain received 27 inches of snow. A mere 39 miles from our home took us into some pretty territory with plenty of snow for Oliver to see. Pure delight at his first glimpse and touching of snow.
We try to take a photo of Oliver in the pristine snow, so Brad carries him up the slope a short way and drops him down. The pure delight fades into uncertainty as the snow is thigh-deep on Oliver. It is a tough balancing-act for the little guy. Also apparent is our lack of appropriate snow gear. The ice crystals promptly crust onto Oliver's jeans, and his gloves are too big and keep falling off. Obviously, we are not prepared. :) Nobody seemed to mind, though.
We walk across the street to the sledding area to give our sled a whirl. I knew we would not be staying a long time, as Oliver was still getting over a cold/cough, besides the fact that we had no snow gear on and the temperature was a frigid 23 degrees. But Oliver was gung-ho...the snow had him mesmerized, and from this moment on the giant grin on his face never disappeared.
Oliver and I give the sled a try. Not a very big hill, but new to us so it was a thrill. A little tricky as it was extremely slippery, but once we got going the squeals of delight never stopped!
Brad comes flying down the hill sideways...
...and does typical Daddy-duty of pulling Oliver along.
A close-up of Oliver's face as he is being pulled by Brad. Notice the non-stop, mile-wide grin. :)
I don't think we were gone 2 hours. But after leaving our 15 minutes of thrills and frozen fingers, we wondered how it is that we have lived here 11 years and never visited Mt. Charleston in winter to enjoy the snow? We decided that it would not be our last visit! 
1 comment:
This is a belated comment and I guess that is alright. The visit to Mt Charlston must have been a wonderful time for y'all and lots of fun. Snow is so beautiful and that is one special thing about winter in some parts of our county. I have allways loved snow..I remember big snows on Lookout MT as I grew up there, and it was so much fun to play in the snow. I can see from the photos that the three of you had a wonderful time there on MT Charlston, and looks like you had good warm clothes to keep you from freezing..A fun day like that is worth all the frozen finger, which does thaw up. Very nice photos of family fun!
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