Snowshoeing in the dirt

There was not a lot of snow in Tahoe this year. In fact, the ski resorts were not even running all the lifts and there was almost nobody to speak of on the slopes. That made it really easy to do a lot of runs, and get really tired, but we also were dodging branches and rocks and dirt in the middle of the runs. Didn't stop us from having fun though.

When you are going on a ski vacation with a baby, one of the best family activities is snowshoeing. You can pack the tot into a carrier and still get your heart pumping and take in some of the fresh tahoe air. Some people (my sister) will say, "why do you want to hike in the snow.?" To that we say, why not! Well, I will tell you why not, there is no snow. So, actually  it was more like snowshoeing around the dirt patches and watching the other hikers, without snowshoes, pass us on by. But we were having more fun because we had funny shoes on.

 Georgeous view from lookout vista in Kings Beach.