tube-tastic!

We took our first road trip of 2011 this past weekend, joining 7 other families 2 1/2 hours southwest of us at Wintergreen Resort for some good ole' winter snow tubing.  We drove down Saturday and took over the hotel for the evening, letting the kids swim and play while the adults got in some good socializing.  Nothing like a good hotel party...  no one has to clean up!  We only broke one lamp (Shhhhhhh!).

snacks!

The boys with our friends A and C

We stayed up pretty late, which is why the boys were still sleeping at 8:15 am..

We breakfasted and layered up...

...and then headed up the mountain for the main event. Two hours of tubing in some seriously cold weather.  We were dressed for the day though, and I never felt cold.  Dylan said he was hot, even, and unzipped his coat.  Two years ago when we took this same trip, it was unseasonably warm and the tubes didn't exactly fly down the hill since it was pretty slushy.  However, yesterday it was nice and icy.  We flew down hill at top speed (I heard tubing speed was a little over 30 MPH) and had to hold onto our hats (Andrew temporarily even lost his!).  Logan wasn't thrilled at the top speed, but he toughed it out.  I admit to even closing my eyes the first few times I flew down, so for a four year old little guy to put on a brave face is pretty impressive.  Dylan, of course, could have spent another 10 hours out there.

A great weekend with fun friends!

The Plunge, the name of their tubing hill.

At the bottom, looking up.

Mom, I can't breathe!

Our group

And, the ride home.  I love the belly hanging out.