Snow Trip: 12/29/09

We went back from Elk Grove to Bay Area on 12/27(Sunday) morning because we needed to go to church on Sunday afternoon, and all of us had annual eye exams on Monday afternoon. It was raining on both Sunday and Monday, and there's a good chance that it would be snowing in Tahoe , too. Stephen had taken a week off  between Christmas and New Year, and we were thinking about the possibility of going for a snow trip during these days; therefore, Monday afternoon, after we came back from the eye exam ( by the way, all of us had good results), Stephen and Ha started studying for the weather patterns closed to the Tahoe area. The only day and time without the snow was Tuesday morning ( the best time to play with the snow is the day when the snow fell on the day before and didn't have too much snow falling when we played). We are a very flexible family, so I cooked a fast dinner, packed all the heavy clothes, packed some food for the following days. After dinner, we were on our way to Elk Grove again.

Our plan was that we slept in my parents' house on Monday night and woke up early on Tuesday morning to the Sno-Park because we wanted to play before the snow started on Tuesday afternoon.

Here are some video clips:
We woke up at around 7:30, had breakfast, and left the house around 8:30am. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V15A8PzAuX8

We had been driving for an hour, still no snow. Good highway, smooth traffic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxE71L9wmR0

Ten minutes driving distance away from our destination; however, only very little snow could be seen. We were a little worried. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhzKlk_XJAs

We were almost there; finally, we saw some snow. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMO2kH71KF4

We were in the Yuba Gap Sno-Park (for more information about Sno-Park, go to http://ohv.parks.ca.gov/?page_ID=1233) Let's play! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrFI7tufMlk

After some sliding, we worked on the snow projects. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwpsmvoRdX8 雪又綿又細，實在好好摸。

Then, we all worked together for the igloo. It's a big project. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4MM-OIZ3wE

We had sandwiches, juice, crackers, fruit....for lunch, and after lunch, we headed home because we didn't want to get stuck in the traffic when it snowed in the afternoon. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HgFCrCgb2U

It's a really fun snow trip!!!!!!