Mammoth 2010

We celebrated Daddy's birthday with a weekend trip to Mammoth Lakes, CA. It's a long drive, but Luc did well with lots of snacks and movies. He was thrilled to see snow on the ground and was even more excited when it actually snowed while we were unloading the car. He immediately changed in to his snow gear and went to play in the drifts. After throwing a few snowballs, he and David set to building a snowman. Pretty good for the first time seeing snow.

We originally planned to split our time snowboarding and playing with Luc in the snow, but Luc decided that he was interested in ski school. We took him over to Wolly's Ski School and got him outfitted with goggles, teeny little skis, and a helmet with flames. We watched for a little while, be he wanted nothing to do with us. As we headed for the lifts, he was telling the instructor, "No, let go. Let me go down by myself!" Daddy and Mommy got to ride together all day, which was a nice present for Daddy.

After the ski lesson, we took the gondola to the top of the mountain, almost the top of the Sierra (Mammoth is 11,053 ft in elevation. Mt. Whitney, about an hour drive south, is the highest peak in California at 14,449 ft.). Luc looked around, not overly impressed, and asked if he got to ride my snowboard down the mountain. Daddy rode down, the rest of us took the gondola back the way we came. Luc practiced throwing snowboard attitude on the way back to the condo.

The following day, we split up. Shanley and Mommy rode in the morning while Daddy, Luc and David went sledding. We switched up in the afternoon and Luc got to finally ride my snowboard.