First we drove the car all the way to the gate. Decided with the heavy snowfall and the expected accumulation rumor that we best drive back out. First, we wanted to make sure we could get a snowmobile out and running. Figured if we could not we would all just go home, if we did , then we would take the snowmobile out and pick up the person driving the car, may all have to walk out. We did some heavy duty digging, got a snowmobile out and had to strap a battery to the back since it was dead as a doornail. And out Gentry and I drove, leaving the kids to fend for themselves. (We did not pack in the food or anything else yet.) So...they made spaghetti with olives. Grant was hungry and ate some, but Victoria was pretty unimpressed with the creation!
Grant and Dad made an igloo, next day we had even more snow so it was all smooth on top and Grant added the classic entryway. Must have used Victoria's camera to get that picture.
Sledding was popular, all of us had a blast going all the way down the hill -involves a sharp bend.
Gentry would go down first then pull up the sledders after they got down. Grant landed in the creek on his last turn down, so that was exciting!
And the rest of the time we were lazy, I even took a snoozette laying down in the snow when the sun came out. It was great!
Gentry read an entire book and then we read some of Mary Poppins together.
Played with the cameras quite a bit, up to no good! :)
Next day went to get water from the car with the snowmobiles and decided the roads were good enough to try taking the car back in (so we wouldn't have to ferry everything out on the snowmobiles, and then have to Walk back out! Gasp! :) Truthfully we all were happy that it worked out this way. Have I mentioned how much I love my Jeep? It really does great in the snow!
Roads were pretty ugly down by the cabin at Salmon La Sac.
Kids each had a snowmobile to take back up to camp. Victoria was fun to watch, thinking of her driving soon, I was happy to see her making careful choices that were not too hard on the equipment!
This is the trail down to the bottom campsite.
And knew you must want to see how Huckleberry Pond is doing. Water was really flowing well, and provided us with all the cleaning up water we needed.Grant and Victoria are working at their card skills. Played our old favorite Authors game, and our new favorite for the kids, Rook.
Gentry was grabbing the tree with his legs, we did get quite a shower down below when the trees of the swing were jostled!
