Snowbowl - December 27th

We took advantage of days off from work and hit the slopes at Snowbowl a couple of days after Christmas. We just went for the day - left early Thursday morning and were home by about 10pm that night (if it weren't for the weather we would have been home much earlier - read more about that below).

Kellyn came with us too - it was fun to have her there.

Cloudy/snowy day - it was actually a perfect day for skiing because it started flurrying in the morning and by lunch it was full blown snowing. We had one icy run mid-morning, but with the snow it made for perfect powder conditions.

Let's go!

It was a chilly day but we had planned for it and were grateful for all the layers.

Riding the lift (and no, dad, we didn't drop our phone). :)

San Francisco Peaks

The one group shot from the day - Dave, Jackson, Me, Kellyn, Gibson and Mason.

Always love adventuring with him.

After this picture Kellyn and I went on our own for a while to do some blue runs. If Kyle had come we probably would have gone to the top for one black run.

We skied right until the end of the day at 4pm. By this time, it was really snowing so getting the 7 miles to the main road took us an hour. The delays were caused by one guy deciding to put chains on his car in the middle of the road (literally) and then another car was flipped on the side of the road. We stopped for dinner at Diablo Burger - in my opinion this is a must-stop if you are in Flagstaff.

When we came out of the restaurant the snow had started coming down in Flagstaff. 

It was so pretty and would have been nice to stay the night but we hadn't planned for that.

We were on the road home by about 6pm or so. The drive from Flagstaff to Camp Verde was a stressful one because it was snowing pretty good and the roads were bad. It was very low visibility and cars in front of us were sliding. I was thankful that Dave was driving and that we were in the Land Rover. Thanks babe for getting us all home safe - such a fun day and hopeful for more days skiing this winter!

Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow

Again, a break in my chronological posting for a "real-time" post. Well, somewhat real-time - today is Tuesday and these pictures were taken on Sunday. On Saturday afternoon it started snowing in NYC (and all along the east coast) and it snowed all night long. I was out Saturday during the day, and it was lightly snowing in the early afternoon, but by the time I went out to get dinner on Saturday night it was blizzard like conditions. There were barely any people out walking around, which is very unlike NYC.

This is what it looked like outside of my window on Sunday morning when I woke up.

I decided to leave my apartment early (9am) and go for a walk in Central Park. When I left my apartment the streets had not yet fully been plowed so the buses weren't running, and there were very few taxis out driving around. It was kind of an eerie feeling with the streets so empty, but it was kind of neat too. This is 81st Street.

Central Park - again, not too many people were out yet.

The kids were all having fun sledding, and I saw a few people cross-country skiing through the Park.

All these dogs were at The Boathouse - they got left out in the snow while their owner's were eating breakfast :(

This is usually a lake - not this day. There was a sign up that said "thin ice."

All the ducks were putting their head under water and swimming around - I would have been freezing if I was in that water!

I ended up walking to midtown to see the Christmas Tree in Rockefeller Center. I thought there would be more snow on it but maybe the lights melt it off?

It was pretty on Sunday, but by Monday afternoon the snow was all dirty and gross.