Fun in the snow!

We had a nice day hiking and tobogganing today. Monika, E, Alex and I took a gondola up Kandersteg in southern Switzerland. Early in the tobogganing adventure the combination of walking slowly along a diagonal slope and the lack of weight on the tobbogn (Alex) meant Alex took a tip onto his side. Fortunately, he was mostly startled and not hurt. Thank goodness! Anyway, he was really cool when we tobogganed down the hill at (controlled) higher speeds. We had an easy hike (while pulling Alex along) to a cabin by an iced-over lake called Oeschinensee. There, we stopped for a nice cosy lunch.

After lunch we walked on the lake avoiding the abandoned ice-fishing holes. Meanwhile, Alex completely passed out for almost an hour in the toboggan!!! We mummified his head to keep his face warm.

We trekked back - mostly uphill, to our starting point where we enjoyed some end-of-day-sunshine, with tea and chocolate before leaving.

It was excellent to get out on such a beautiful, mild and sunny day. I thought, "The sky can't be this blue, even with a polarizer!!!" By the time we were leaving Alex's feet were a bit cold but he was a happy chatter box in the warm car in traffic on the way home.