For Jake's birthday, can you believe it, the kid turned 10 this week, anyway R found a ski resort close by with a tubing hill so we went tubing for a few hours. J was allowed to invite 3 friends, unfortunately, R's weekend off corresponded w/ the basketball tournaments here in town, which all of Jake's friends played in. 2 of the 3 opted out of their games and came with us. The third is a great kid also and felt like he would be letting his team down if he didn't play, can't blame him for that. Anyway, a good time was had by all.
We even had fun standing in line, which didn't take long. The little boys got to go in their own tubes which I wasn't sure they would be brave enough to do but they never seemed scared or hesitant and after the first run, AJ was going down on his own, he somehow got ahead of us in line and was at the top of the mountain to go down the run while R and I were still at the bottom. Didn't phase him one bit, he just got in his tube and went, several times.
R's fave part was the lift that took you back up the hill, no hauling your tube back up everytime. Nearly effort free fun... who could ask for more? The little ones had almost as much fun going up as they did going down. I had more fun watching their faces as we went down than anything else. L had a look of sheer terror when you come over the lip of the steepest part, when it feels like you are going to catch air but you don't and then he would holler and yell and laugh and say "I want to go again!" AJ would bounce in his tube the entire time and laugh hysterically. I think they may have had more fun than the big boys but maybe not since J tells me he loves tubing. They can't wait until next weekend to go again.
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