McCall’s Winter Carnival
On January 29, Saturday, we packed the Escalade with the kids, Grandpa Larry, and Aunt Jeanne and Uncle Marcel, and rolled up north 100 miles to McCall for the yearly Winter Carnival. Half of Boise joined us on the drive up and in McCall, but the temperatures in the teens were tolerable as we slid into town and found a spot for the parade. After an hour or so of parade, we wandered around briefly to see various snow carvings, rode the carousel, and then made the trek back to Boise.
Ski-bird
On Saturday, we loaded up the family truckster, bound for McCall. On Sunday, Tyler is going to try his feet at skiing. He has been somewhat wishy-washy about the adventure, but after lunch at Sonic and a Sonic Blast for desert, he was pumped.
The wee ones napped for about an hour of the 2+ hour drive north. They loved the motel room, but dinner was a minor disaster. Nora ate some, but Tyler's stubborn streak shone brightly. They had live music and dancing at The Pancake House where we ate, and Nora enjoyed the vibrance in the air.
Heading to McCall
Gramma booted us out of the house today, twisting our arms and making us head north to snowy McCall. We loaded up the boards, tossed in the boots, packed a light bag, and departed the monsoons of Boise which have destroyed the beautiful wintry white landscape headed to McCall. We arrived a shade after 4PM, enjoying a nice drizzle the entire trip north. Although it made for easy travel, it was depressing to see the copious amounts of snow packed down and melting with the upper 30 degree temperature and drizzle. Sigh, if it was cold enough to stick, there would be no moisture.
Anyway, we grabbed a burger, then slipped back to the hotel room to catch the disaster that was Week 17 for the Broncos. We warmed up the muscles in the hot-tub in preparation for a day on the slopes at Brundage tomorrow. Forecast looks ok...snow for sure, but the wind is supposed to pickup, although temperatures should be fairly mild. Either way, good to get away even if just for a day as it was a relaxing evening, and the first roadtrip the pickup has taken since Tyler and I made our journey in the Fall of 2007. Speaking of the pickup...she'll roll over 76,000 on our journey up to the slopes tomorrow...at 7 1/2 years of age.
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