Last Snow Hike

While we were in NH with the Kelleher's, we had to get in a last snow shoe trip, or so we thought. (We're in NH now getting some snow so we might still squeeze another one in this season!) We bundled up the kids, put them in packs, and headed out to the waterfall to see if we could actually see, well, water this time (as opposed to a few weeks prior when all we saw was snow and ice).

Dylan Getting Bundled for the Trip

Ian Getting Bundled for the Trip

The tricky part about this is that with all the snow melt, we didn't know what the state of the trail would be. We don't have extra snow shoes (and Mike hates them anyway), so I was the only one wearing them on the trip. While the snow base wasn't super deep, some parts of the trail were hard packed and slippery and the rest was deep and slushy...tough conditions for moving up hill! But, Sean and Beth were troopers and stuck with us for the trip.

Once we got to the stream crossing, we knew the waterfall viewing upstream would be cool. There was a lot of snow melt water flowing down.

We lost Dylan to dreamland not too far into the trip.

After our family photo ops, we continued down the straight path then turned right again to head up to the falls.

Dylan Catching Some ZZZ's

When we got to the falls, we were not disappointed. I think it's the heaviest water flow we've ever seen on it!

Ice, Ice, Baby!

Note - I'm standing weird to keep Dylan sleeping comfortably.
Mom of the year or what?

Possibly my record number of peeps in a self portrait.

What's that at the top of the falls?

Closer look....hi!

We headed on up the trail to take the connecting path that loops back down to the condo.

When we got back down to the packed\slick spots towards the end of our hike, Mike grabbed Dylan (now awake), sat down, and tried out the ice slide. It worked! So, Beth and I followed suit. There were 3 spots for it, the longest of which was at the very last part of the trail. Beth slid a good 20 feet to end the hike, winning for the longest ice slide this season. What a fun way to end the hike!

At that point, it was time to pack up and head home. We really love being able to share our place up there with friends and always have a fun time when we do. I'm glad the Kelleher's joined us for a fun time and I hope their able to come back during the summer to enjoy more mountain activities then.