New Year's Snow Day

Craig's Wipeout
Originally uploaded by UlloaSullivan.

After taking New Years Eve fairly steady - we had been partying pretty much non-stop for the entire month of December (with good cause, mind you) - we were in fine fettle come the morning of Jan 1st 2010 to head on up to the mountains and have some fun in the snow. That it was also what Meleena had suggested as her treat for getting selected for the MedPathway program gave us that little extra Oomph! to dig out all the gear and jump in the car.

After a quick stop in Dinuba to pick up Meleena, Ronni and the homemade breakfast burittos from Rita, and a rendezvous with the rest of the gang in Reedley, we headed on up into the mountains. It turned out that we weren't the only ones who had had the idea to go up there that day and we had to drive just a little deeper into the Park in order to find the spot for the sled'ing fun. But once we'd found our spot there was plenty of fun to be had - check out the sample of videos below and click over to the Flickr site for some more glimpses of the action.

It is worth noting that, in spite of the high speeds and the amount of 'air' that was achieved during the course of the day there were very few injuries. Lizz's scrape on her wrist notwithstanding. Although, we suspect she might have done that to herself when opening a can of Pepsi.

Of course, that didn't prevent her making a big deal of it when she stopped by for Lasagne later that evening.