We had promised the kids tubing in Salt Lake at Christmas time and we were not able to get in, because it was booked so we said we would go back in Oregon. With Matt being in school we knew that we were going to have to go during the week, but we wanted to go somewhere formal with a tow rope and lots of snow. Diamond Lake seemed to be the perfect spot, but the tow rope only runs on the weekend. Bummer! We went anyway and got in some good hiking and a whole tubing mountain to ourselves. When we were finally too tired to go up the hill anymore a private senior citizens group came and they turned on the tow rope, yippie! We asked if it was OK for us to stay and they said sure, so we got the best of both worlds some hiking and the place to ourselves and then lots of rides up the mountain with the tube and fast tubing down! It was a glorious day and we loved having Matt with us.