Ben's Birthday!

On Tuesday (The Big Day) we headed out a little after 6 a.m., destination Big Bear/Summit. Jaime drove Danny, Jose & Juliette; Ben & I followed with their snowboards (he & I rented skis at the hill). It was about a 2.5 hour drive and well worth it. It was so good to see SNOW!!! :-D And really fun to be back on skis--I think I figured it's been about 15 years for me. Yipes... does that makes me old?! ;-)
You can see Big Bear Lake behind Ben & Jose in this picture. We had some lovely views; this one is a little obscured by snow as it was pretty high on the mountain.It hardly looks real, does it? It was just gorgeous.Funny to see the completely snow-less land below and beyond, isn't it?The birthday boy feeds hungry skiers/snowboarders. Mmmm. . . quesadillas. . . :-)