Spring snow in April

Yesterday we went to the beach snow.  There had been a storm this past week and we could see the snow tipped mountains from the freeway so we decided to pack up the kids and all their paraphernalia and hit the road.  I didn't expect there to be too much snow this late in the season so we came miserably prepared.  This didn't stop the kids from having a complete blast.  We purchased an overpriced saucer from the nearby store and found ourselves a nice slope to sled on.  This was the first real snow experience for our kids and they truly ate it up.  When we were completely soaked and scraped up by our many crashes on the sled we jumped in the car and headed east down the mountain into Lake Henshaw and Santa Isabel.  Dudley's was awaiting us where my kids picked out a bag of Cheetos to scarf down and then we devoured a bag of molasses and ginger bars.  Yum!  My arms are still burning from using them to stop the sled in the snow but it was totally worth it.