The highlights of our spring break up at the cabin were two-fold: first, doing our first tour of Mercer Caverns, and having a small group of eight total go down with the guide. Given the 16-story drop on narrow stairs around shoulder-tight openings, we couldn't imagine doing it any other way. At the bottom of the cave was the snow white crystals are only found in four caves in the world. Our second highlight was having the kids take their first lessons (privately taught since there were no other kids) at Bear Valley, and having them pick it up so quickly, they were taking the lift up after the first hour. On the second day, the whole family joined in the fun and despite my nervousness around my knee, and Gina's lack of skiing lately, we all did pretty well. It probably helped that there were so few people to run into, and the snow was wet enough to keep us from going too quickly. Still, it makes us think we may want to get season passes next year, assuming the snowpack returns around the holidays.
