The girls and I stayed in Ruidoso Friday night, and woke up to a snowy mess! It was still snowing, and was what the local news called "white out conditions". It was beautiful!! The girls and I ate breakfast and then headed out. Well, after we got all of the snow off the Explorer!
We were heading to Roswell to pick Bryan up and then head home. The girls both took a ton of pictures, as the snow and the mountains was the prettiest thing we had ever seen. I've put a lot of pictures in this post, although they don't do it justice.
The shoe you ask? Kati's Shox became my ice scraper
The girls in Ruidoso, right before we left
Tayler and I in our new hats. She didn't like mine, said it didn't go with my short hair. I think I might agree.
She said I looked like a cancer patient
We called these the Boob Mountains!
A little too much time in the car for Tayler!
Boredom has set in
We finally made it to Roswell where we picked up Bryan! Our girls only trip was over, but we were all so excited to have him back with us!! 1 week apart is entirely too long!!! Once we had him, we went through downtown Roswell looking for someplace to eat. We ate next door to the UFO Museum and Research Center. If you've never been there, it's a pretty neat little area to visit.
So on Friday morning, the girls and I got up and headed from Carlsbad to Ruidoso. The girls had pretty much had enough of the desert, they were ready to see scenery that was alive again!
We decided to take the scenic route along the way, which was a pretty drive. We were on long, narrow, windy mountain rodes for quite awhile.
Tayler decided along the way that she had to go to the bathroom. As you can see from the pictures above, there wasn't much out there. We were driving through a mountain pass, when we rounded a corner and found a Petting Zoo! It was a cute little place at these people's home/ranch. They had a stand set up where they sold their homemade jellies and other foods, and feed for the animals. You could walk around all you wanted and pet the animals, and feed them also. The girls were excited, and we needed to stretch our legs, so we decided to check it out.
They thought it was funny to watch the goat eat
This goat looked dead - he was not. We also decided he reminded us of Harley
They found their first friend
He really liked Kati and wouldn't leave her alone
They weren't sure of the Emu - his name was Ernie
Oh yea - this was the bathroom! Tayler kept calling it an outhouse, but it was actually very clean and new looking on the inside - and did have plumbing!
Tayler really fell for this bull
Well.....what can I say?
She wasn't sure about feeding Ernie and Emu
They had gigantic catfish in the pond, that were more like Piranhas when you fed them
They weren't sure of the Donkey's - but they were hungry too
She finally got close enough to feed Ernie
Kati was feeding him, but he had no interest in posing with her
So we got back on the road heading towards Ruidoso. As we got closer, we started seeing snow on the mountains
There it is - Sierra Blanca
Sierra Blanca has the snow skiing slopes in Ruidoso. At the base of the mountain is an area where you can tube down the slopes. The girls and I decided to do this, since snow skiing was out for us. We had a blast!! Make sure you check out the videos at the end of this post!
View of a couple of the tube runs
Tayler & I in line
They had this conveyor belt that they called the Mountain Lifter. It was cool.
They went pretty fast down the mountain!
There was a storm moving in over the mountains, so when we were done, we couldn't go any further up the mountain. So instead we went back to our hotel, got dry, and then hit the town. We only made it to a couple of shops before they started shutting due to the snow. We then went to check out the Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort and Casino. It was a beautiful place!!
That is an amazing Indian Medicine Basket waterfall below them
Tayler takes forever to take a picture!
This was us train tubing down. I had the camera, and I was in the back. I was trying to hold it up over Tayler's head, or to the side - but we were going fast!
This is a 2nd run, Kati held the camera in the front.
Sometimes in life there really are bonds formed that can never be broken. Sometimes you really can find that one person who will stand by you no matter what. Maybe you'll find it in a spouse and celebrate it with your dream wedding, but theres also the chance that the one person you can count on for a lifetime, the one person who knows you sometimes better than you know yourself is the same person who's been standing beside you all along.
I decided to create this blog to update everyone on the crazy life that is the Klein household.
With 2 teen-aged girls, a 9 year old girl, a pilot, a cat, 2 dogs, and about 200 gallons worth of fish - things can get interesting. And that doesn't even cover me!! We will try to keep you updated on the interesting things that happen in our lives.
The shoe you ask? Kati's Shox became my ice scraper
The girls in Ruidoso, right before we left
Tayler and I in our new hats. She didn't like mine, said it didn't go with my short hair. I think I might agree.
She said I looked like a cancer patient
We called these the Boob Mountains!
A little too much time in the car for Tayler!
Boredom has set in
