Winter Vacation

            By: Nadia

On my winter vacation to a dude ranch, I went snow  tubing. This was my very first time. Even though there were several activities to participate in each day, snow tubing became my favorite.

Everyday, we got an early start. In the afternoon, we did indoor activities and in the morning we did outdoor activities. The most fun outdoor activity was snow tubing.

For this activity,  the ranch makes their own snow.  When I first got to the snow tubing area, I was surprised.  The hill appeared to be so high.  This made me excited.

We had to get on a line to participate.  The staff gave us instructions.  Then they gave us each a snow tube. I said, “I’m going first!” But, my mom said, “Let your dad go first.” So, my dad went first. At least, I got a blue snow tube which is my favorite color, I thought. We got inside one by one and then they pushed us down the hill.  When we got to the bottom of the hill, we had to come up back to the top of the hill with the snow tube.  I didn’t really like this part of the activity because we had to pull the snow tube up the hill and this was tiring.

This was my first time,  I went snow tubing.  It was a very interesting activity.  However, I don’t think kids should have to bring the snow tube back up the hill.  I do recommend this exciting activity for others to try.  I will certainly do this again.