The Way We Hailed the Start of 2007

These are some more pictures from our cabin trip that I thought were fun. The first picture shows Shaun and Sullivan coming back from rinsing out a kettle and collecting more snow to melt. Notice that Shaun is bundled up including a hood and Sullivan is in short sleeves, shorts, no jacket, and his boots are untied. Ah, the benefits of youth...feeling invinsible. Remember, it is only about 14-degrees outside and this was one of the few brief moments that the snow had stopped.

The second picture is of Barb and her puppy, Oreo. The snow is falling so that is why it looks like there is a smudge over Barb's nose. Oreo LOVED the snow, but after the several hours he played outside, he was ready for the warmth of the cabin and curling up on our sleeping bags.

The third shot is of Sub getting set to pitch a snowball at the photographer...mom. He thought better of it and nailed his big sister instead. Ooops. It is a shot that gives you a good idea of how deep the snow was around the cabin.

The fourth picture is of Dharma sucking on an icycle that Sub pulled off the cabin roof-line for her. ..and this was one of the smaller ones. Sub was a real trooper because all of the snow around the actual cabin was really deep so gathering this for his little sister was a bit treacherous.

The final picture is of Shaun as we began the hike out. We all wore backpacks of varying weight. He and I also pulled roughly 5 foot sleds carrying water, our food, sub zero sleeping bags, cook stove, etc.