(from Jan 7, 2013)
The pictures do not do justice to how much fun we had yesterday Snow Tubing at Camelback Mountain in Tannersville, PA. We left the city at 6:30 in the morning and didn't tell the kids where we were going and boy, were they surprised when we got there! Jay and I had been talking about taking the kids skiing for a while but we were not sure how they would handle the cold and we didn't want to waste all the money for rentals, the lift etc if they ended up hating it, so snow tubing was a good test.
The pictures do not do justice to how much fun we had yesterday Snow Tubing at Camelback Mountain in Tannersville, PA. We left the city at 6:30 in the morning and didn't tell the kids where we were going and boy, were they surprised when we got there! Jay and I had been talking about taking the kids skiing for a while but we were not sure how they would handle the cold and we didn't want to waste all the money for rentals, the lift etc if they ended up hating it, so snow tubing was a good test.
It took us about an hour and a half to get to the mountain and when we got there, everything was just getting going. Ryan could not believe his eyes and said "This was a great idea!"
We went in to the small lodge by the tubing hill and got the kids ready, which took about 20 minutes. One boy got dressed and couldn't wait to get going. Another boy would take all of his snow stuff off every time we turned around. Can you guess which was which?
Once we were all dressed and ready to go, waivers signed, and ski tags attached to our coats, we headed over to the "Magic Carpet Ride" for our trip up the hill.
Because of his height, Dylan could not ride alone and instead had to go in a double tube - I rode with Dylan on the first run and he yelled "Awesome, WOOHOO" the whole way down! When we got to the bottom, Ryan looked at me and said "How many times do we get to do this?" When I told him as many as he wanted for the next 3 hours, he started jumping up and down.
We went in to the small lodge by the tubing hill and got the kids ready, which took about 20 minutes. One boy got dressed and couldn't wait to get going. Another boy would take all of his snow stuff off every time we turned around. Can you guess which was which?
Once we were all dressed and ready to go, waivers signed, and ski tags attached to our coats, we headed over to the "Magic Carpet Ride" for our trip up the hill.
After about an hour and a half, Dylan decided that he wanted a break and a snack and after that, he was done. He spent the rest of our session eating, trying to break in the lockers or as he called them "the mailboxes" and watching a movie on my phone.
Ryan, on the other hand, took one quick break for a drink and was back on the hills.
He was so sad when the time ended.
Ryan: "Our time is finished? It was so short!"
Me: "well, we can come again another weekend. We were here for 3 hours. There is a saying, time flies when you are having fun. It only seemed short because you had fun"
Ryan: "If I say I am not having fun, then the time will go slower right? Ok, i am not having fun - does that mean we can do it again?"
soo cute - I wish that it worked that way!
As you go up the mountain, you pass under the ski lifts and as you coast down, you weave under 2 different lifts and over 2 slopes! Ryan and I went together first and we could not believe how fast it was so we went to get Jay and Dylan and we all went on again.
It was a perfect end to a really fun day
2 comments:
WOW - this is a great post - the pictures are really so nice and you can just tell that this will be such a happy memory. The place looks great and all of you look so good. I love this post....
This place looks like so much fun! Ryan looks so happy in all of the pictures! My favorite one is the one of Dylan in the goggles that are eight sizes to big. :)
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