Driving to Red River

We ate breakfast, packed up the vehicles, and were back on the road by 9 this morning.  The first part of the drive was very flat...and not much to look at!

Not far into New Mexico we encountered a recently repaved road.  I think it might have been a road paved by Lightning McQueen (like the road he paves at the beginning of his time in Radiator Springs).  Whew!  I don't get carsick, but even my tummy was starting to churn!  We had the kids pretend like we were on a roller coaster.  They thought it was tons of fun!

We saw a ton of wildlife as we drove through the desert and foothills.  Mainly antelope and mule deer.  Brody stayed on the lookout (rifle at the ready) almost the entire trip! 

 

We were excited to see some snow in Red River as we drove through town and then up the mountain towards the house we'd be staying in for the week.

I think Brody and Barrett were the most excited to see the snow!  They waited (very impatiently) for me to find our suitcase and dig out their snow gear and then they ran outside to play in the snow.

 

When the kids finally came back in side, they huddle around the fire Mike made.  It didn't take long for this fire to heat up the entire house!

Before dinner, we headed into the town of Red River to register for lessons for tomorrow (snowboarding lessons for Mike, Caleb, & Tyler and ski lessons for Brody). 

We got back to the house just as Namaw we pulling a hot pizza out of the oven.  Yummmm!!!