Snow Day in Summit

My boyfriend and I went snowboarding at Snow Summit on Friday (my first time). According to the weather, it was set to rain down here, which meant snow up there. I've never been in falling snow before, so I was pretty psyched. The drive up had flurries of snow, but nothing major.



By the time we started snowboarding, it was snowing steadily and SO beautiful. We stuck to the bunny slopes for four rounds before taking on a bigger run. At the top of the mountain, we were FREEZING and it was snowing heavily. I was scared to snowboard down the run as such a novice, let alone in such heavy snowfall. After a bit of coaxing from my boyfriend, he convinced me that I was perfectly capable of doing it. It was difficult to see too far ahead of me with the thick layer of falling snow, but we eventually made it to the bottom with little effort. It was such a huge accomplishment!



At the end of the day, we headed back to the car, which was covered in half a foot of snow. It took us about an hour to get on the snow chains because we had to dig our car out and deal with the continued snowfall. Then after a two hours drive down the mountain, we made it back in one piece. Overall, a great day!



If you've made it this far in reading my blog, now finally comes the part that relates to "place."

Driving up the mountain, seeing the snow-covered houses and overall wintery wonderfulness, it made me realize how glad I am that I live in San Diego. No offense to those that live in locations of full "four seasons," but I enjoy getting away from the usually "seasonless" San Diego to play in the snow. I treat my snowy mountain visits as rare vacations. I've been in the snow maybe 8 times in my entire life, so you can imagine my excitement when I saw the snow on top of the low mountain behind our campus last week. While sitting in one of my classes, I just stared up at the snow in awe through the window. My friend sitting beside me, who grew up in the nearby mountains, looked at the snow and rolled her eyes, saying, "Ugh, I'm so glad I'm not up there right now shoveling out my driveway." It was then that I realized how much I appreciate the snow. Even trekking through the deep snow and digging out the car was a fun experience for me, and not many locals can say THAT. =)