My grandma, cousin and I were sitting around the table playing card games when we noticed on that Christmas afternoon it had started to snow. We hadn't had a white Christmas in many years; it's a rare treat for us in the Willamette Valley of Oregon. Kara and I looked at each other with excitement and said, "shall we go?" We were referring to Silver Falls State Park which we were lucky enough to be only a 20 minute drive away. And lucky it was because we were also quickly losi