Since we didn't see snow in Yosemite yesterday and none of the sledding/tubing hills are open yet, we drove up to Donner Pass (7200ft elevation, right at the current snow line) to play along the side of the road. PawPaw had packed a sled, Grambot had packed lunch, and us Mississippi folks packed our best version of snow clothes (last minute purchases of cheap snow pants for the kids, their winter boots from last year, and our hiking gaiters turned snow gaiters for ourselves...) The kids had THE BEST time hiking around the snow covered hills, sledding down tiny slopes, building a snowman, and having a snowball fight with daddy. James lasted almost 3 hours (Cora retreated to PawPaw's warm truck after lunch) and it was totally worth the drive!
Hiding from daddy during the snowball fight... I turned around and got beamed in the face!
Sometimes they rode in tandem, sometimes Cora climbed up on James' back...
What's a snow day without a snow snack? NOTHING, if your name is Cora...
Lunch time!
Bummer when you fall off...
Another snowball fight...
Mama and Daddy's turn on the sled!
On the way home, we stopped at Donner Lake (to turn around) and took a few photos:
Another fun filled family adventure day!
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