Fall Creek Sledding

This weekend was a bit jammed to squeeze in a good hike. Saturday was Emma's Ski Carnival at Snowking, and early Saturday Kevin's presence was needed to help out a few friends. However we did manage to squeeze in a short hike and a few go rounds on the sled. Unfortunately I hadn't charged my camera battery in a while and it died before the hike really began. Oops. We took Highway 89 south of Jackson to Fall Creek road (left side). We parked by the feed grounds, where the road ends and set out.

We didn't hike very far, this path is all up hill. But we promised the kids that the whole trip back they could sled. We stopped by where the trail lead through two posts and had a late lunch. Po' boy sandwiches, Sunchips, bananas, and you guessed it, water! The kids all sat in the sled and filled up. While we were eating lunch a woman and her three dogs came up the path, Sofie a hilarious and shy Scottie, Lulu an adorable small black dog and Snowball aka Charlie that looked like a Pomeranian. Though the Dogs and Children were all introduced us adults forgot to mention our names. The dogs played and ran in the snow awhile with the kids, eventually continuing up the path.

Before we returned to the car, Kevin decided to tramp through the snow to examine the creek. Quickly finding a hill. Once he disappeared behind it the kids went wild and ran over to find him. To their surprise, and mine as well, there was a perfectly small, self sledding hill right here. So for the next 20 minutes the kids hiked up the small embankment and slid down in the most creative ways possible. Some of the more memorable moves were; the reverse lounge chair, the criss-cross-applesauce-close-your-eyes, the diver, and my absolute favorite the swirly. I'm sure the kids would have stayed forever but the ice chunks in the girls hair and the snow smushing through Jack's boots lead me to think it was time to go. Plus it was getting late. As promised the kids sled all the way back to the truck with Kevin running right along beside them. I enjoying the quiet and relaxed pace without them.

Once back to the truck, the kids insisted they have a few more runs in the sled, so we obliged them and sledded from the bend where you loose site of the parking area back to the bottom of this hill a few times. All in all a very short hike, but a ton of fun sledding.