Lucas' 1st Trip to Mammoth (and Snow)

Despite Dad feeling a bit under the weather, we went ahead and drove up to Mammoth for the weekend. Lediya and I wanted to go snowboarding again after two seasons off, and we also wanted Lucas to experience snow for the first time. Boy, did we pick a perfect weekend to do it. There was a major snowstorm that happened to hit the eastern Sierra so we got plenty of snow - 48 inches in 24 hours in fact. We had to dig out our car just to get out of the parking lot. It didn't stop snowing the whole time we were there. The snowboarding was great also with fresh powder on all the runs (but with some white-out conditions ). It was tough at first because we hadn't gone in a while, but then it sank in again, just like riding a bike.

Lucas' reaction to the snow and cold was kind of funny. He didn't know what the falling snow was so he tried to grab it and eat it from the air. When we gave him a snowball to play with, he grabbed it, and realizing that it was really cold, he didn't want to grab it the second time. Now he doesn't want to touch snow at all!

We'll try to make our trip to Mammoth an annual tradition. We can't wait when Lucas gets to go up to the slopes with mom and dad!