The best thing with winter. ( Archived) (19)

For me its going on skitrips with my friends. Being the first one down the side of a mountain after a snowfall feels better than ... Ok maybe not better than great ... but atleast better than ... all alone.

I haven't been skiing since I moved to the States. I miss it.

My favorite thing about winter used to be cozy nights snuggled up in front of a fireplace watching old movies......

I'll be alone this year, though, so my favorite thing would have to be.....that it means only a few months til spring.

the best thing about winter for me it will be going to do tubogging with my niece making snowman and snowball's fights and shovel ton's of snow for older peoples and make couple of dollars for my niece to buy her christmas gift and we usually decorate the christmas tree at grand ma place and drink egg nogg and make alot of pies. In january we go on the rideau canal to skates and eat a beaver tail.In febuary we cook nice muffin,cake ect... in heart shapes and decorate the house with heart's and candles. In march we have alot of birthday in our family so it's party time on the 4(brother) 5(cousin) 9(cousin) 10(mine) 14(sister) 17(aniversary of something) 18(cousin) 21(cousin) anyway we party alot in march.

Of Course There is the Holidays...but this seems to be a more overall seasonal question. Loving the skiing.

Once or twice a season the chance comes about to ski in the morning and then surf in the afternoon. When this is done with friends, the best elements of team and individual accomplishment are felt. The change in climate and topography feels as if at least 2 days were merged in to 10-12 hours.

Oh I got this one, best thing about winter?

The nose hairs freeze so I can't breath
I have to ware so many pieces of clothing, I don't dare fall down, I'll never get up.
Ever year that shovel STILL fits my hand.
Last 4'of snow in the drive, and the dang plow comes by and fills it back in.
Can not walk my dog because she's to short and the wee freezes to her...
After finishing the drive, then comes the roof of the house.


BUT........the smell of wood burning stoves fill the air.

The silence at 2am is soooooo calming.

The huge snow flakes fall silently to the ground and hold my attention so much so that I loose track of time.

The animals come out of the woods so close to the house you could almost reach out and touch them thru the window.

The full moon during winter is like the big guy upstairs turning all his lights on.

Beach/water activities and skiing the same day, that must be as good as life gets.

The sweet calm quiet that comes with a light snow falling through the trees onto the snow covered ground as you world shrinks to a misty gray smallness.




















Did I make any gramatical errors... sombody please spell check me before the proper grammer police show up.

A friend has a cabin not too far from Breckenridge and a group of us usually spend a few weekends each winter there... some go skiing, some snowmobiling, while others just hang out. The first trip is coming up next weekend!

That is close to where I learned the hard way that 'virgin' snow can be very dangerous.

I bout got buried.