Island Park snow fun

Last week Debra and her boyfriend Dave were staying at their friend's time-share with Ryan's parents up in Island Park and we went up to spend some time with them and play in the snow. They rented a snow machine and we also brought our snow shoes. We brought all Lisa's snow clothes, but she had fun just playing inside with gramommy at her "hotel" (which she used to call "hel-tel" but she's got it figured out now)

I did get a chance to drive it (my first time driving a snow mobile)

Five minutes later we were in a ditch. The snow just kind of dipped down and we didn't see it soon enough. Ryan stopped right before it, but then we just kind of sank down into it. Luckily the snow pushed under the machine so we weren't standing in water. And very thankfully, a super nice guy came along and helped us get it out. Then later while we were driving it some more, some boys flagged us down to help them pull their snow mobile out of some deep snow. I hit the button to stop the snowmobile and after we helped the boys we went to start it up and it wouldn't start. Ryan didn't realize that I had hit that button and we could NOT figure out why it wouldn't start. I ran back to the cabin while Ryan kept trying to get it to go. When Debra and Dave came over to it, Dave pulled up the button and started it right up. We are not snow machine people.

SO we went snowshoeing! At Harriman State Park

And got to see this beautiful tranquility

As soon as I saw this bridge I recognized it...when Lisa was about a year old we went hiking here in the summer and it was rather warm and we had seen hardly anyone the whole day so I thought--I'm going to take a quick dip in the water. And, what do you know, as soon as I'm down to my birthday suit and enjoying the nice cool water, along come three riders on horses. Luckily they were going pretty slow, so we saw them from a distance and I scurried to the bank where Ryan helped me cover up real quick. But I'm sure they figured it all out as they rode over the bridge. They all kind of just turned their heads and didn't say a word as they rode on their way. How embarassing, right?! Oh well...now I have a story to tell.