Skiing for Christmas!

Brian and I decided to take Big Tom and Spencer up to White Pass to do some skiing on Xmas. We packed up BT and left on Friday afternoon. Spencer seemed really excited about the trip. In fact, he sang to us while we were on our way. I hope you enjoy his singing voice, we certainly do.

It is amazing to me how much food I pack for one overnight trip. I pack for most every contingency because I usually forget something essential. One time, I planned on chicken salad sandwiches for lunch. Forgot the chicken. Oh, and I guess I forgot to pack Christmas dinner. I'll get to that later.

Our pantry for an overnight trip.

We made reservations at the very swanky Packwood RV. If you've never stayed there, you really should because it is quite glamorous. We woke up Xmas morning to some interesting neighbors.

Friendly Elk

I've seen the Elk herds from afar while driving to White Pass, but I've never seen them this close! We drove right by them and they didn't even flinch.

This was our first time skiing in Big Tom with Spencer hanging out in the van. I was very nervous and thought that he'd be anxious or miss us terribly. Well, as you can see from the picture below, he was quite comfortable and didn't seem to care what we were doing.

Skiing was great. We met up with some friends (Maggie and Patti) and really enjoyed the newly expanded runs.

It always amazes me to see Mt. Rainier so close. It is too bad that the were so many clouds out....

Mt. Rainier, covered partially in clouds.

We skied in the morning, headed back to BT for lunch. Spencer was happy to see us and took this opportunity to take a nap in the sunshine with Brian. So cute!

We finished skiing the rest of the day and then drove home Christmas night.

I guess I figured we'd find somewhere to eat on our way home. Or, maybe I figured that we had something exciting in our refrigerator for dinner. Ok, fine. I forgot to plan Christmas dinner because I was too busy stocking up our pantry for every possible contingency while camping! So, Christmas dinner for me turned out to be Pigs-In-A-Blanket and cinnamon rolls for dessert. For Brian, well, it is 8PM and he still hasn't found anything.