Snowcone for Gir

When we first moved here last January, we thought it was crazy cold! Taking Gir outside was quite an ordeal. Every "Gir-ing" meant piling on layers of clothes and trying to keep your teeth from chattering -Daniel and I would always bargain with eachother to see who would have to take him out. The most it ever snowed last year was just a trickle -enough to see the very tops of the mountains turn speckly white. The locals here say that the winters here get cold enough to snow -but rarely ever does!

With that said, this past weekend made Sasebo history. It snowed 4 inches :) On Saturday we took a snowboarding trip to Tenzan. On a normal day, it takes about an hour and a half drive to get there. Even with the soft, steady fall of snow all morning, we got there right on schedule. Tenzan was pretty awesome...since it constantly snowed, the slope was pure powder. Every spill was just lovely! Imagine, if you will: Speeding... and then wobbling out of control... and then crashing ...into pure fluff! yay! Coming back, however really sucked. The snow had forced the main highway to close so we ended up in a gridlock on backroads. The drive back took 4 and a half hours! On the way, an unlikely beacon of hope lit us up...it was a 7-11 (yep, we have those here!)

Aaaanywho, when we finally got back, we saw that our car was covered in snow. While our parking neighbor grumbled, sweeping the snow off his car, we were laughing and taking pictures!
The drive home was a bit worrisome (We didn't have snow tires or chains and we lived up a steep, windy hill) but we were really excited to get home and take gir out to see the snow. We took him the park across the street. The park was all white. At first gir was a little nervous about all the white stuff. But then all of a sudden, something in him clicked and he started prancing about and bouncing around like Tigger!

It snowed all night so park was whiter and fluffier the next morning. Lucky for Gir, his good friend Chiro (a Shiba) and his owner, Takeharasan came out to play. They chased eachother around like crazy in the snowy field. We also discovered that Gir has a thing for demolishing heaps of snow and eating it.

Well that's it for our Snow-venture! The rain came and washed away most of the snow. All that's left is just a few slushy piles of snow here and there. I made sure to stomp on as many as possible before I got home -so fun das why!
And with that I shall leave you with a couple of fishing trip pictures of gir. It was really cold out and Gir was shivering so I let him wear one of my jackets -looks good yah?

Oh, and not to be outdone, here's a random picture of miu under a folded towel -Cheers!