One of the challenges of having young children in Alaska is knowing what to do with them during the long winter months (and since we have an inch of snow on the ground, it is still basically winter here). This winter, we've found two activities that have worked: ice skating and sledding. Today, being a Monday and my day off, we took the kids sledding at a place just outside of Wasilla called Hatcher Pass.
What a gorgeous day to be outside! The sun was shining, it wasn't too cold, and the mountains were beautiful. As far as I can tell, Hatcher Pass could be a Vail or Breckenridge were it ever fully developed. The only drawback was the sled hill had about six inches of fresh powder on it, making it hard build up any steam on a plastic sled.
The day's comic relief was taking Brinkley for a ride in the sled. She hunkered down on the sled with her head on her paws; I think she might have been praying. The next time I tried to take her down, she bailed out right away. Brinkley is a old and wise dog, and knew sledding was a bad idea. After all, she hasn't live to be over 80 dog years by pulling stunts like that.
We treated the kids and ourselves to some hot chocolate later. Then, we came home for the usual routine: dinner and bedtime.
Robyn and I finished the day by reading together. Our current book is "1776", by David McCullough.
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