So on New Year’s Day we wanted to go see the snow! This was my last weekend to travel because the baby is due in February. We loaded up the car and Jillian and headed to the snow.
Unfortunately we were not the only ones with this idea 🙁 We hit major traffic at the base of the mountain. Luckily Jillian fell asleep a few minutes into the mountain drive. It took us at least 3 hours to get from the base of the mountain to the cabin. Thank goodness Jillian didn’t wake up until we were almost at the cabin!! So we spent a total of 4 hours in the car at this point. Aghh
When we arrive at the cabin we find that it is occupied. My mom had said that there may be people going up but they never confirmed it with her. We figured even if they were there, they had said it was only going to be 4 or 5 people. Our cabin can easily accommodate more than that, so we were not worried. Boy were we WRONG! Every inch of space was occupied by someone! So we decided on playing in the snow, getting dinner, and heading home. Surely no one would be going down the mountain tonight!
Again the joke was on us! The traffic was unbelievable. After sitting for 10 minutes and my pregnancy bladder yelling at me, Adrian decided on turning around and going home via the backside of the mountain. We knew it would take almost as long, but at least we’d be moving.
I think we were in the car for almost 9 hours that day ! My feet had swollen up so much that my toes hurt. I had to sleep with my feet propped up for 2 days.
Here are some pictures of our snow adventure. Jillian was so cute in her snow outfit. She did not like the gloves (no use of fingers). Adrian and Jillian built a snowman. I loved watching them interact. Next year we’ll be less spontaneous and make sure that we can stay the night (and not go up on a holiday!!)
Our Snow Angel
