Every year with Dad's family we go on a Christmas Tree Hunt to chop down our Christmas Tree. It starts with a bunch of us going up to the Forest Service building on an early (and cold) Friday morning to buy permits. Luckily for me since I have young kids and a M-F job, it is usually the Husband that gets to go. You stand in line (outside) for 2 hours, then as soon as they start selling the permits at 8:00, the line moves pretty quickly and it only takes about 10 minutes to get through.
Then on the weekend after Thanksgiving, we all load up our outdoor kitchen gear and head up to the mountains to hunt down a tree. The weather for this fun event is always...unpredictable (you thought I was going to say "fabulous" didn't you?)! Some years it is sunny and warm, those are the good years, when you don't even need thermals. But other years, like this one, it is bitter cold and stormy.
A lot of the family tried to cancel, but my husband was hard core and persuaded most of them to "stick with the plan". So, we loaded all of our snow gear, camping chairs, 4-wheelers, chili and hot chocolate and headed up the canyon. It was an eventful and cold day, trucks got stuck, kids got whiny, chili was eaten and hot chocolate was drunk. And in the end, we all got a tree (even some people that weren't there) and had smiles on our faces.
Most years I get a picture of the family by the tree in the mountains, but it was too stormy so you'll have to take a look at my Christmas posts to see it.
Then on the weekend after Thanksgiving, we all load up our outdoor kitchen gear and head up to the mountains to hunt down a tree. The weather for this fun event is always...unpredictable (you thought I was going to say "fabulous" didn't you?)! Some years it is sunny and warm, those are the good years, when you don't even need thermals. But other years, like this one, it is bitter cold and stormy.
A lot of the family tried to cancel, but my husband was hard core and persuaded most of them to "stick with the plan". So, we loaded all of our snow gear, camping chairs, 4-wheelers, chili and hot chocolate and headed up the canyon. It was an eventful and cold day, trucks got stuck, kids got whiny, chili was eaten and hot chocolate was drunk. And in the end, we all got a tree (even some people that weren't there) and had smiles on our faces.
Most years I get a picture of the family by the tree in the mountains, but it was too stormy so you'll have to take a look at my Christmas posts to see it.
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