These two monkeys!

Back @ Annie’s Canyon! We did this loop several times. :)

Sunset vibes after our family photo session.

Then it was off to Mammoth for Thanksgiving week. Must make up for lost time last season! But first, pick up all the Chinese food in LA. We stayed the night in Bishop as we had before prior to heading up the mountain the next morning.

Trying to recreate a similar frame from 2 years ago?

Since it was early season, there wasn’t a whole lot of snow and only Main Lodge was open. We had a ski in/out @ Eagle Lodge which we didn’t get to take advantage of at all and had to drive to Main everyday. :( But still good enough for him to practice.

Or recall how to snowboard. ;-P

Woolly, it’s been a hot (errrr, cold?) minute!

Reminiscing on the year that the snow was all the way to the top of that wooden sign… IN MAY!

We took a morning break from riding to explore some other areas of Mammoth we’ve never been to. First stop: Obsidian Dome. It’s essentially piles and piles of volcanic glass and obsidian rocks.

Rocks AND climbing? A couple of someone’s fave things!

We walked along one of the trails but soon realized that it was easy to get lost since there were just rocks every corner we turned!

Then we went to see some of the Inyo Craters formed from a volcanic explosion. This one was frozen over with ice.

This was another that was only semi-frozen.

E by the rim.

It was a short hike up to the craters so it was nice meandering through the forest.

More boarding…

Since only Main Lodge and several trails were open, the lifts got pretty congested so we did many loops via gondola.

On another morning, we tried to hike to Crystal Lake but the parking area was closed off for the winter so we did the best we could.

Then back on the mountain after lunch. We found E can’t do full days of riding just yet so it kinda worked out.

Sometimes he’ll just get up and…

Take off!

Parking was an issue so sometimes we waited around the lodge while Daddy went to go get the car.

Ate simple meals back at our rental…

Daddy was so proud of his Thanksgiving ramen — attempting to mimic the photo on the box!

Thanksgiving Day we also walked around the Village. The tree was up!

We’ll be back, our beloved Mammoth…