Winterlude - Saturday Morning

On Saturday morning we got up and headed over to Jacques Cartier Park to go to the snow slides.  The park had been closed right up until a few days before we got there because of the warm weather, so we were happy that it was open this morning.  The snow was definitely not as much as it usually was and some of the big slides were not there, but it was still great.

Sign going into the park

It had been warm for days before our trip, but it was SO COLD this morning.  Leah and Cam were all bundled up and we all stayed warm enough.

Matt and Gina waiting in line for ice slides

Cam on one of the slides - he is in the front part of the double inner tubes.

Nana, Mama and Leah on the inner tube slide.

Poppa flying down the hill.  The inner tube slides were great!

The whole crew in front of an inflatable beaver

 We tried to take a family picture but Leah really wasn't in the mood.

 Winterlude sign carved into the snow

Heading over to more snow slides

Someone is excited to be going sliding!

Here is a video Gina took while she, Matt and Cameron went down the slide.  If you get motion sick you might not want to watch it!

They went down first and took videos of everyone else coming down.  This is Nana, Poppa and Leah.  You can't really see Leah, but she loved it!

And here are Mama and Daddy sliding down.

Poppa and Cameron going down another slide

Aunt Gina and Leah

Ice slide race - Poppa vs Uncle Matt

After sliding for a while, we went over to check out some of the other exhibits.  There was a teepee.  It was warmish inside so it was tempting to just stay in there!

Aunt Gina and Leah in a military boat

Cameron checking out one of the army trucks

There were stilt walkers today too.  We were amazed that they could walk in the snow - it was grainy and not well packed and difficult to walk in with boots on.  I can't imagine doing it in stilts!

They were putting on a show, but most of it was in French.

There was a really cool military obstacle course.  They have had it other years but Cameron has always been too small (and there is always a really long line).  The line was slight shorter this year so we let him go this year.  He thought it was great and had a blast running through it.

I thought we had a bunch of pictures from the obstacle course, but for some reason those pictures are missing.  Instead, here is a short video of Cam running the start of the course.