If I were sending Christmas cards this year, this would definitely be the picture I would use. I can't get the rest of the family to pose for me and almost have to bribe the boys these days to look my way! This was taken up near Gold Lake outside of Graegle California. We went to visit the Hix cabin the day after Thanksgiving to see the addition to their cabin and go cut Christmas trees. It had been snowing all day so we weren't going to cut the trees due to the weather, but it cleared up a bit so we all decided to make the trek to get a tree because the weather was supposed to be worse the next few days. The caravan of about 7 4x4's all followed Mike to the area we were going to cut the trees...and then it happened. We all had to stop because there was no room to make it all the way up the hill. With no room to turn around, we all had to back down the mountain, slipping and sliding all the way. We all got stuck, the women cut down and hauled the trees to the road, but we had our CHRISTMAS TREE!!! After a much longer day than we expected in the snow (which the boys LOVED) we all went back to the cabin for a wonderful turkey chili dinner. Yum!! That is a day that will definitely be a memory in years to come!!
