last weekend, we trekked up to tahoe one last time for the season to get in some spring skiing and clear out the rental house. what was really crazy is that they got around a foot of new snow during the week - not typical for this late in the season.
we were able to head up thursday evening after evan finished work, and we spent friday and saturday morning hanging out at the lodge and on the mountain. due to alpine's spring schedule, there were only two lifts open (which covers quite a bit of the mountain actually). the hitch with that is that we were taking greta up the summit six lift to the top of the mountain and skiing down alpine bowl before you could access any of the lower mountain terrain. she did awesome, but it was interesting for the parents getting down the first steep drop with a kid on a ski leash - feel those legs. i only made it for one top to bottom run, but evan was great and took greta on several runs.
we closed out the ski season with a trip to the bridgetender for dinner in tahoe city. it was great to finally be able to get out a bit more easily with both kids (did i just say easily with two kids??? really???). easier in that graham is old enough to go out, we can guess at the schedule we'll have, etc. they both did great and we've found that we can go out as long as we don't plan to dawdle and we know the signs of restlessness that mean we have to move on.
we came back on saturday after naptime and once again had saturday night and sunday to spend around home. a nice bonus. sunday, we snuck in some more spring outdoor projects as we spread wood chips and got the first dirt prep step done for the garden. monday i finished prepping the dirt for the garden and quickly got plants in before the next storm arrived tuesday (really??? another one???). an inch of rain later, more sprinkles today and i'm hopeful the spring sun and warm pattern settle in for good.
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