Yesterday, Grand Canyon Snow Shoe Delights: Today, off to the slopes!

Yesterday, it snowed here in Flagstaff–and snowed! It snowed all the previous night too. Seemed like a great day to take the snow shoes for an adventure at the Grand Canyon.

I’d always wanted to see the snow sifted like powdered sugar on layers of cake. And yesterday I had my wish full filled. We wandered around with the other tourists on the south rim, then sat in our car in a primo spot while we enjoyed the view and ate sandwiches we brought.

Then we drove east into a gentle snow, stopping periodically for views and to see where we wanted to snow shoe. We finally stopped at the Watch Tower in the Far East of the Park where we explored the rim on snow shoes (with the small boy and I doing it in our Ugg boots!) during steady snowfall.

“I love to snow shoe!” the small boy shouted exuberantly.

Heading back to the car into the wind and the snow was less fun-until we started making snow angels…

Today we’re going to brave the lines and the cold. In a few minutes, we leave for the Arizona Snow Bowl. We stopped by there on Monday after sledding–it was sold out and PACKED. The lines didn’t move. Regardless, we’re on our way.

What will you do to celebrate the end of the year?

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