冬季

It's wintertime in our sunny, warm part of the world. Just as we visited fall, so we also visited winter in this post-New Year season.

First, we met friends in a university town near where we lived and then carpooled up the road to a lodge 6600 feet in altitude at the base of the mountains. Then, being a hardy band of mountaineers, we made the trek by a chair lift 電纜車 up to the notch (actually a valley where real hikes and/or skiiing expeditions start) at about 8100 feet.

This first photo is looking out on the mountains behind us. It was a nice scene with clouds in the valley and snow clinging to the trees and bushes. There is a solar flare but I left it in because it adds to the effect of the scenery.

The second photo is of our friends playing in the snow. They don't get that much chance to do so. One of the girls who was with us had never seen snow before. The third photo is of our daughter making snow angels.

After the obligatory round of hot chocolates and cider, we started hiking up the west slope of the mountains. We crunched part our way up the slope before stopping at a scenic point before sliding our way down, one of the benefits of hiking in winter.