The Lookout

When the sun comes out on a Saturday during the winter, any plans around the house get dropped.  No sense wasting a perfectly sunny day!  The kids were on board when they overheard us talking about snowmobiles and sleds.  In their minds, a perfect combination.  

You may remember a post or two about Roman Nose.  There it is, above and slightly to the right of Logan.  If you use your imagination, it kind of looks like the profile of a man.

We were treated to some fabulous views.

The Lookout Mountain trail had been freshly groomed and we were curious to see if see if we could get all the way up to the lookout at the very top.  The groomed trail stopped a bit short.  Not ones to give up too easily, we started trekking.

Some snowmobiles had gone before us and made a nice trail to follow.  It wasn't the sort of trail we'd want to pull the Burley up though so we decided to hoof it.  The lookout is behind those trees.

There go the boys.  I loved the clouds in that beautiful blue sky.  Morgan and I were a bit slower but I was impressed with the kids determination.  Lane made it up all on his own.  Morgan required a bit of help and encouragement but she kept at it too.  Logan was quite happy to sit on his Daddy's shoulders.

The Lookout!

Coming down, we found it was easiest to just slide on our bottoms.

There's that cool sky again!

Now for the main event:

Sledding!  It didn't take too long before the kids started asking for rides up on the snowmobile.  Lane's first trip down he went face first and got snow down his coat.  He was not impressed!  But once he figured out how to go down feet first, well, that was fun!  I climbed to the top after they'd taken several runs thinking maybe I should have a go.  I must admit, I - ahem - chickened out.  I'm afraid my kids are a bit more adventurous then I am!

Big grins!

Logan hung out at the bottom with me.  Next year, little buddy!

Here are a couple videos of the kids sledding.  Morgan had a knack for crashes that she'd get up from grinning ear to ear!  You'll have to forgive the videographer - she was a bit distracted at times and things aren't always in the center of the screen...