How far do you have to go to find some snow?

It's been an incredibly dry winter so far and we're nearing the end of this season; so time is crucial. So we set off in search of a sledding hill last weekend. We decided to drive up to Guanella Pass off Hwy 285 & I -70, about a two hour drive and a spot we've been to and we knew would have snow. All the way there; not a bit of snow but just a few little teeny tiny remnant patches of snow until we hit the Pass. Everyone was excited at this point as we had traveled far just to go sledding!

We started into the Pass and saw tons of snow and little tracks made by others who had ventured in earlier in the day or months. As we approached further we came upon a little red car that was pulled over on the side of the road. The sides of the road mind you were at least a few feet high with snow so we stopped and asked if they were ok. They just got stuck. If you venture off the tracks you're pretty much going to be stuck. So we pulled out the tow rope and pulled them out. After many thanks, we proceeded to our sledding hill.

Not long thereafter we came to where we would call our sledding hill that day and also another vehicle and again they were stuck so we pulled them out. All this time I'm thinking, we really should start charging $50 a tow; we could make some good money here!! Unfortunately or fortunately, I'm married to a good samaritan. We were probably about another 5-10 minutes away from our sledding hill but decided we better not chance it since no one else has been able to make it through and the tracks were no longer in existence from this point on. If we got stuck who would pull us out, right? So we made this our sledding hill; short as it may be it was as good as it got that day.

Shortly thereafter; a little Toyota truck pulled up and Kurt approached them and proceeded to let them know that it was pretty treacherous up ahead. As with a lot of men; this guy had something to prove and answered with a hearty "Yes, I'd like to try!" after Kurt asked him if he was still thinking of going - so I'm thinking - ok, someone in an F250 is telling you I wouldn't go in there myself and I still drive through it!! I told Kurt to NOT pull this guy out and so we watched as he got about 5 feet and got stuck. He did the reverse, forward, reverse, forward thing.... get out of the car and use his little portable shovel to dig....get back in. All the while, we sat and watched and drank our hot chocolate and mocha thinking this entertainment shouldn't be missed! He finally backed himself into a ditch, about flipped on its side and as cold hearted as I am, I continually told Kurt to NOT pull this guy out. I knew however, that he would eventually help him out but we did let him do some digging for a while longer!! I actually didn't want to be on the news as the people that let someone else freeze to death up in the mountains as deserving as it may have been. So we pulled him out.

I can't help but say "Thin the herd!"...