Embracing Winter

I apologize for the recent rash of winter posts, but my attitude towards winter is gradually changing.

Two winters ago Keith got a wild hare (hair?) and took us to Colorado for New Year's weekend. I love Colorado but we normally go in summer. For years he's wanted to go to the big hot pool in Glenwood Springs when there's snow on the ground
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Hmm. I had my doubts.

So we drove in icky weather to get to Colorado, then double icky weather to get up in the mountains, had to stay an extra day because a snowstorm closed the interstate,

and as we're sitting with frozen hair in a steaming hot pool with outside temps in the single digits,

watching lifeguards waddle around in snowpants and parkas, I thought, "You know, this isn't so bad." Sort of felt like we had cheated winter somehow.

Last year Keith signed the girls up for 9 weeks of ski lessons.

So this former California girl, who rarely saw temps less than 40, noticed that Wisconsinites don't sit around complaining about weather.

They embrace it.
All five months of it.

So far the girls have tried:

Dog Sleds


Snowmobiles
Downhill Skiing

Cross Country Skiing
Ice Skating
Hockey


Sleigh Rides
Sledding

We still need to try:
Ice Fishing
Snowshoeing
Winter Camping
Ice Races
Ice Road
Ice Caves

Goodness, winter isn't long enough.

So build a snowman, grab a sled, and embrace what's left of winter.