February 12, 2003
Vasa event winter
winner with young skiers
Herald photos by Garret Leiva
Children dash for the finish line during a snowshoe race Sunday at the Vasa Family Fun Day. The afternoon event, held at the Vasa trailhead in Acme Township, featured snowshoe and ski races, along with an egg hunt, frozen fish toss and paintball gun target
shooting.
After serious ski weekend, Vasa offers
fun day just for families
Vasa Family Fun Day featured snowshoes of all shapes and sizes. Representatives from Tubbs Snowshoes were also on hand to provided free demonstrations.
Emma Schwab, 2, of Traverse City waits at the starting line to try out her cross country skis.
Carefully clutching on to her medal, a snowshoer trudges through knee-deep snow as she explores the Vasa trail system.
A young skier tries to get back up after failing during a ski sprint. No matter how they finished, each skier received a Vasa medal for completing the race.
Children scramble about as they search for plastic eggs hidden in the snow, bushes or in certain trees during an early Easter egg hunt.