It seems like we’re already tired of the snow, what with all the storms in the Northeast, Europe, and the Sierras.  We’re just back from our best skiing trip ever to Northstar. We skiied for 2 days and the weather couldn’t have been better. The first day was blue skies and the kids and I split a full day ski lesson.  It was great – we all got to go down the runs together without having to stop and help someone get their skis back on.  Lena kept going through the trees – thank God for helmets. Here’s a snap of us on our first day:

 

On the second day some weather moved in. The temperature started to drop around 2:30 and it got COLD on the chair lifts.  Here’s a photo of Rob and Cole at the top (you can see Lake Tahoe in the background):

 

Thankfully the storm mostly came in over night. Here’s what Rob had do the next morning to get us out of the cabin and on the road.  There must have been around 15 to 18 inches of snow on the car. Btw,there was no snow on the staircase the day before:

               

 

Back to Northstar to drop of our skis. BRRRR!  It was 10 degrees colder than the day before, but my subjects were brave enough to pose for a snap:

 

It was beautiful, though, so many trees that were completely white.  No green, no bark, just white:

 

On the drive home:

And finally, what Rob had to drive through (isn’t he great?), highway 80 near the pass: