tubular tubing

Took an overnight trip this past weekend with four other families to Wintergreen Resort for our annual snow tubing.  We went last year, and back in 2009 (after dropping Logan at Grandma's since he was only 2 then).  Last year, we also snuck in a second tubing day trip to the much closer Whitetail Resort with some of the same friends.

We always stay at the same hotel (a nice, clean Holiday Inn with an indoor pool, free hot breakfast and game room for the kiddos, and the staff allows us to pretty much take over the lobby and throw out a food spread with drinks a-flowin'.  Its hard to say if the hotel party is more fun than the actual tubing. This year I'd say yes, simply because it was only 7 degrees at the top of the mountain Sunday.  We all had at least three full layers of clothing on and after an hour we were about done and ready to bathe in hot cocoa.   My butt cheeks took the entire three hour car ride home to get warm, with the seat warmers turned up full force. 

Last year, Logan was a little scared going down the hill.   You do go really fast, and its a long ride.   However, this year all fear was gone and he laid back to enjoy the ride.  This was Dylan's third year, and he's pretty much a professional.  I'm glad we got to go tubing, since we've had next to no snow at home this winter!

We always go with the same friends, give or take a few families. This year the group was smaller, people had other things going on.   We didn't get a big group picture..it was just too cold and windy to hang out after our session and everyone pretty much ran to their cars.   I did get a few photos, risking frost bitten digits.