Snow or is it Ice?

Since the kids have never "been to the snow" we promised them that we would go last year.  So we went up on New Years Day to Flagstaff.  It was fun.  The kids were surprised to see that the snow was really Ice!  We informed them that snow isn't usually that hard or icy.  That is what happens when it has been a few days since it has snowed and the sun has been shining.

They were also surprised that it was so difficult making a snow man as well as snowballs.  They finally decided to just find a clump of ice--I mean snow and use that to throw instead. 

After many attempts at building a snowman we finally found one who was missing a head.  This sorry head was the best we could get (remember we had to find a clump already made as packing didn't work).

They discovered that sledding is really fun and can be quite dangerous.  Especially when there are large jumps (packed rock hard) and bumps (packed even harder) in your way.

We left after a couple days of fun, very happy and really needing some Chiropractic adjustments.  We look forward to a visit to fresh snow next winter.