I saw SNOW!!!!! (Page 1 of 2)

"Watch out where the huskies go and don't you eat the yellow snow." (Frank Zappa)

My brother-in-law was raised down South. He came up to Ohio for Xmas and we had some snow while he was here. He got this goofy grin on his face and informed everyone that this was a real blizzard!  I informed him that you could see the house on the other side of the street, so that wasn't possible. 

Amy's rules for sledding:

1) You can't have fun if you are cold. Wear multiple layers (including pants). Everyone skips wearing multiple layers of lower protection, and only wears jeans. This isn't enough if you want to stay outside for long.

2) Pick a bunny hill for sledding if you want to stay out more than half an hour. Big descents are fun if it's a big hill, but the walk back up SUCKS. However, your kids willl be exhausted and sleep like rocks. Pick you poison.  Note that some sledding hills have a motorized circuit to hold onto and help you get to the top quicker.

3) Sledding at night is twice the cold. Have something over their faces/ears to prevent frostbite.

4) Toboggan runs are a hoot. Put 4 people on one toboggan who aren't 5 years old, and the momentum maks you fly. There are established runs somewhere near you. With the snow falling, they will start to open.

5) Nothing beats hot cocoa after freezing. Hot enough to burn your mouth is about the right temperature.

6) Look up yak trax.  yaktrax.com   They are worth picking up to turn regular shoes into something that won't let you fall on snow and ice. I have a couple extra pairs. Do you need another care package?

Have fun!

You can sled on platters. Kinda cold and it beats up the dish, but oh, so fun!

Janet, I want pictures!  You had better Facebook those!

Platters?! *shakes head* crazy 'mericans!

I need to boot mr C out of the way to post pics these days. But for you, any time!

All gone this morning, it warmed up and started raining overnight Where's the fun in that?! Looks like I have to move to Canada to see some real snow!

Good dogs, those.

I knew a family, years ago, that had a husky and a couple of husky-malamute mixes.  They had a giant tricycle for the dogs to pull most of the year.

We have two dachshunds

Talking about big hills and small hills reminds me of sand-boarding back home. Only big ones unfortunately. It's fun going down, hurts going up though. Google Lancelin WA to see what the sand and dunes look like. It's an awesome day trip. But if you get it wrong, dinner lunch and breakfast are crunchy for the next couple of days as your body works out all the sand!

You'd be surprised how well dogs do in the snow, but you do have to watch them, especially the short-hair breeds, for hypothermia.

But yeah, they have dog beds and plenty of blankets all over the place. When we leave home, they go with us and those times they don't, we leave them in the garage in a small doghouse that's enclosed with a mattress and blanket too - it's easy enough for them to heat it up fairly quickly even though the garage is cold. Have to say, it's also been a long time since they chewed a blanket ...

Oh shit. I've come this far, but hide I can't any longer. Have not seen Star Wars, not even one.

*hands over each and every badge I ever owned* sniffs

Pictures!