My daughter might have an advantage over most of my friends and I when it comes to dealing with the elements here in the Adirondacks. She's a real Adirondack native-she was born on a cold evening in late December so, I feel like she is even more impervious to the snow, ice and cold. Over the last week temps have hovered between 0 and 15 degrees and that hasn't kept Ruby inside at all! One day last weekend we were Christmas shopping in Lake Placid when she lost her patience and started shouting- "Mom we need to get out of this store, I NEED to go cross country skiing! Let's just get out of here!" It was about 5 degrees and dark by the time we got home, but my hearty little girl wasn't going to let another day go by without her first ski of the season! The next day it was still cold and I tried to keep her busy inside but by noon she was rip roaring ready to ski again! We bundled up, packed up the dogs and headed out for another freezing ski. After 20 minutes even the dogs wanted back in the car but the Rubster was having a great time! Last night's adventure was 6 degrees to go skating at the outdoor rink in Saranac Lake. We'd checked out the rink on our way home and it looked ready to go but when we got there the lights were off so went with plan B and took the dogs for a hike by headlamp instead:) When we got home Ruby she continued to play outside and then raved about how much fun it was and how she couldn't wait to get back out tomorrow! I informed her father of her madness and his response was, "oh that little girl, she's a beast!" A little rugged, Adirondack Beast:)
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