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12-22-2008, 10:27 PM
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| "I Break Things"   Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: California
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 | Snow Day at Mormon Rocks CA. Please realize this was a spur of the moment plan. Saturday was my daughter's 1st birthday and thankfully one of my best friends was in attendance. He mentioned how he took his family up to Mormon Rocks the Thursday prior and it was covered in snow. I had wanted to take the kids up to the snow but lack chains (or a powerful vehicle since it's a minivan) so Big Bear had been out of the question. Within moments we made plans to meet the next day... road trip... So the plan was to head to Rancho Cucamonga to the giant Bass Pro shop. They had Santa, and my friend needed to do a bit of shopping. From there it would be off to Mormon Rocks. Unfortunately I wasn't allowed to snap photos of Bass Pro... but if you make it out there that store is AMAZING. Tinkmomma did snap one of the kids and Santa  Our shy little girl once again didn't want to be in the photo. Sadly Bass Pro didn't have any snow sleds... so began an adventure! We headed to a local hardware store hoping to buy trashcan lids. They only sell lids with the trashcans, hope no one ever looses a lid or it's at least $20! So we went to a Walmart. You could literally see the snow capped mountains from the parking lot.  No sleds... but we did get something... more on that later... The drive was a long one so Tinkmomma snapped a few "road trip" shots...     And then we made it.
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12-22-2008, 10:33 PM
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| "I Break Things" Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: California
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| Re: Snow Day at Mormon Rocks CA. So the usual shots of the kids in the snow    At some point a snowball fight erupted... their Uncle and I taught them to make snowballs and while they couldn't really throw them... they tried... Tink got a video for the memories. Now this shot is slightly out of order but it is the first time the baby had ever seen snow 
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12-22-2008, 10:37 PM
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| Deeply amused by it all.  Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Grizzly bear, extraordinaire!
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| Re: Snow Day at Mormon Rocks CA. I'm thinking since you didn't have snow where you lived you had to travel to it! What joy that must be, I wish I could do that here...I mean, really. This front-door delivery of the stuff is driving me ballistic. Is this something you've done before? The kids seem to know what they are doing... And thanks for posting...you love your family deeply and it shows. Peace, Roo
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12-22-2008, 10:44 PM
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| "I Break Things" Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: California
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| Re: Snow Day at Mormon Rocks CA. Remember how I said we got "something" at Walmart. It's in the background  Walmart didn't have sleds, or trashcan lids, so as a last ditch effort my friend asked about old Summer Stock. The employee led us to the clearance section where we found several inflatable pool beds... $5 each... so for $10 we had 2 makeshift sleds. We figured it would probably work... more on that in a moment... because he found them he got the trial run... but had to share   So they work... and that was with an adult and a kid... now for the kids...          And just to answer the question of how far a little kid can "glide" on an air mattress down a very slight decline with a gentle "push"... let's say in excess of 100ft and picking up speed as they went!
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12-22-2008, 11:00 PM
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| Re: Snow Day at Mormon Rocks CA. At one point I ended up holding the babies because the moms wanted a turn...  Sadly this is the last shot of this mattress inflated  Shortly after this was taken this mattress was snagged on some brush and quickly deflated due to multiple tears. $5 for a couple hours of snow play... well worth the investment I would say... On a side note we had several parents inquire which "snow shop" sold these sleds. If we had bought more I have no doubt we could have made a profit out there! Our inflatable was beating the $20-$30 snow sleds... and while we debated about taking a steeper hill we didn't want to chance anything (these things were FLYING on a bunny hill with the kids). We ended up leaving soon after one of the mattresses popped. We likely would have left anyways but California Highway Patrol encouraged our departure. Mormon Rocks doesn't have a parking lot so everyone had pulled over on the side of the highway. CHP rolled down the highway and made an announcement over the PA. "5 minutes and we start towing cars". Because of the kids there was no way I was going to make it out on time so I sent my wife, baby, and the oldest ahead to the car. I actually felt bad for the CHP Officer, a lot of families were cussing him out. He was just doing his job, and honestly he could have made a fortune writing tickets and not said a word. After several had left I thanked him for the warning. I mentioned that it was nice to have a warning instead of simply writing tickets. I also explained that due to "4 year old feet" I wasn't going to make the 5 minute deadline but that I had sent the wife ahead. He explained that it was the holidays, and while he could have written tickets he wouldn't feel right... since it was all families and as he put it "with this economy everyone needs a smile not a bill!". Then he leaned forward and quietly explained that there would be no towing, he just needed to clear the road. He leaned back and continued to explain slightly louder that you couldn't park on the side of the road because it could be a blocking hazard for emergency vehicles. He asked my daughter if she had fun... 4 years old... and her reply "I played in the snow and had fun and then daddy said we had to leave because someone would take our van" I felt so bad knowing that the CHP Officer probably felt 3in tall... wished him a Happy Holidays and again thanked him for the warning instead of the ticket and off we went. It's nice to know that in tough times some people are willing to find creative ways to keep the peace and still maintain holiday spirits. So to those people in China who made the air beds, the guy at Walmart who found them for us, and the CHP Officer who didn't ticket everyone for enjoying the snow... THANK YOU... we had a blast on our snow day!
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12-22-2008, 11:18 PM
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| C4C6C Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Valencia, CA
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| Re: Snow Day at Mormon Rocks CA. Why wouldn't they let you take pics of Bass Pro? |
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12-22-2008, 11:32 PM
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| Beach Expert  Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: A beach town that Harbor Blvd was named after
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| Re: Snow Day at Mormon Rocks CA. Quote:
Great pics, Tech! | |
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12-23-2008, 07:43 AM
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| Looking for Hidden Mickey  Join Date: May 2008 Location: 626 SGV
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| Re: Snow Day at Mormon Rocks CA. Look like fun! Thanks for the pictures!
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12-23-2008, 08:47 AM
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| The line's too long...  Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Big Sandpit
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| Re: Snow Day at Mormon Rocks CA. Great TR, thanks. |
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12-24-2008, 12:57 AM
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| Goofy Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: in wonderland.
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| Re: Snow Day at Mormon Rocks CA. what a fun time you all had thanks techskip. |
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12-25-2008, 12:56 AM
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| Lanterns War???  Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Black Lantern RISE!!!
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| Re: Snow Day at Mormon Rocks CA. Great TR, tech. We miss you and your family at the meetings. Last edited by MickeyMousePal; 12-25-2008 at 01:08 AM. |
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12-25-2008, 08:26 AM
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| Re: Snow Day at Mormon Rocks CA. I love seeing southern cali folk in snow... its like fish out of water!  T-shirts... regular shoes... Glad you had fun. Still no snow here.. but our winters don't get really cold till late Jan.
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12-26-2008, 10:48 PM
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| "I Break Things" Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: California
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| Re: Snow Day at Mormon Rocks CA. Quote:
Aside from that we worked up a sweat pushing the kids so the jackets came off.
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12-26-2008, 11:15 PM
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| C4C6C Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Valencia, CA
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| Re: Snow Day at Mormon Rocks CA. Was up in Frazier Park today with regular sleds, but was laughing imagining the inflatable lounges. :>). |
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12-27-2008, 12:44 AM
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| Naughty...  Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: You Stay Classy San Diego
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