It's Snow Fun

Well, there is always the silver lining, and in this case, all the rain in the lowlands that caused us to stay in place created a lot of snow in the higher elevations only a half hour away. So, we met Pat, Rhonda, Zach and Samantha in the mountains North of Palm Desert toward Idlywild for some sledding. We were quite thankful that the Belous had friends with extra sleds so that all of the kids (and adults for that matter) could sled at will. The day was beautiful and sunny, which was both a blessing and a curse. Blessing: it was warm (though Diana still wore some type of furry animal on her head), easy to see, great sledding conditions, Curse: Every Tom, Dick and Jose (hey we were the -only- Anglos in both areas we went to) were up in the mountains (corollary curse: if you have a two wheel drive vehicle, lowered, with street tires, please do not attempt to get off into the deep snow parking lot, you -will- not -make -it- period. I could have made a month's worth of traveling money with my 4wd truck, and a tow cable, but I was out for fun, though I bet some cars are still up there). At the first place we went to, there were some good runs and we all had some good turns and then a good snowball fight (until an ice ball was thrown, but that always seems to be the case). Unfortunately it became very very crowded and ceased to be fun as we watched multiple people get shellacked by sledders (actually that was fun to watch, kind of Darwin in Action, until a young girl was almost knocked unconscious by an idiot adult who did not even stop and offer an apology). So, we went to another site that we could not enter before (see above note about 2wd cars), but was clear now. We actually had a whole hill to ourselves after awhile so it was entirely better and more fun. Eventually the cold and tiredness crept in and we headed back to Jojoba hills for a swim in the heated pool and a sit in the hot tub, not a bad way to end the day and our stay at Jojoba hills. After this we are heading back into Palm Desert area (Desert Pools Rv park with mineral hot pools) so I can do some work on Pat's house.