Snow in the Desert

Yesterday, we had a large amount of rain for Las Vegas. Although it was almost 60 in the city, up at Mt. Charleston, it was 22 degrees and snowing like the dickens. Last year, there was so much snow that they even had an avalanche. A young kid about 13 or 14 died in the avalanche. However, this was the first big snow this year. I was so excited about the snow. Natalie kept looking at me like I was crazy when I was excitedly talking about going up there. She had not slept much the night before and had a long list of things to do before we head out of town again on Saturday.



I convinced her that we were going, and rushed her into the Denali before she had a chance to protest too much. We went to the lodge and had lunch. Natalie apparently found her second wind sometime on the ride up the mountain... As soon as I got out the truck I was pelted in the face by two snowballs she wailed at me. She totally caught me off guard and the ground was icy, so I slipped a bit. I tried an elk burger for the first time, and it was pretty good. People were going out of the back door of the lodge to get horsedrawn sleigh rides. I knew how Natalie loves the horses, so I arranged for us to take a tour of the mountain. Man, was it cold! About that time, I was wishing I hadn't rushed Natalie out of the house. She surely would have bundled herself and me up given the time. She did manage to collect my scarf and gloves for me, but that just wasn't enough. I needed some long johns! About half-way through the ride our body heat had built up in the blankets in the sleigh, so it was much more pleasureable.

All in all it was a good outing.