Snowy fun

The girls have been itching to play in the snow, and we wanted to make it happen this year. This weekend, a bit of the white stuff remained in the San Gabriels from a storm last weekend. Since it's March, we figured it might be our last chance to do a bit of sledding this year, so on Sunday, off we went on the 90-minute drive.

As we got closer, and the snowy mountain tops came into view, Violet exclaimed, "There must be a billion of snow!"   Not really... but there was just enough.

We drove past the town of  Wrightwood and saw people playing on the side of the winding mountain road with their sleds, but didn't find a great spot to stop.

Plus, we needed a restroom after the long drive, so we kept going till we hit the Grassy Hollow Visitors Center. What a find! Restrooms, great parking, and a field-trip worthy display of taxidermy animals from the surrounding mountains.

The naturalist or docent lady pointed us toward the "hollow," a two-minute walk from the center, with enough snow for all the safe sledding we desired.

 Isn't he cute?

No, we didn't build him. He greeted us when we walked down a snowy path to another sledding track.

 Here's the little guy Stace built.

 Violet liked him better with a pine cone hat.

It was such a beautiful day! Nice to spend some time with my mom, too, who loves these outings even though she hates the cold. Dad had to stay back home because Benny has his puppy training classes on Sundays.