Trouble comes in four, right? At least here anyway. We have been enjoying the Mild winter at home. Warm weather has allowed the kids to ride the four wheeler a lot and play outside. Ashley seems to help keep us in line, she says " don't make me get my flicker out", ( she flicks everyone with her forefinger when they don't cooperate). Thursday was library day for Natalie, who is potty training, upon arrival she said she had to potty. Amy got her out of the truck and said she wait here while she got Chelsea. When she came back around the truck she found Natalie with drawers down, squatting on the sidewalk. There are some events when a father just has to stand back with a tear in his eye and say " That's my girl!".
Been snowmaching the last few weekends, snow is not looking good. Middle Piney has mostly bare ground, Labarge Creek has around 5'. We went a few good rides through laBarge meadows and poison meadows, stopped at warming hut for lunch and yesterday made a great boondocking ride from clear creek to the top of commissary ridge, rode it down until fontenelle lake and dropped of commissary , (what a rush!) and back out through scaler cabin. 84 miles total, made it back on fumes. There is no better way to celebrate manhood than to go riding( an Arctic Cat of course).
Every Valentines Day weekend the Shriner's put on a cutter race to raise money for the Shriner's kids hospital in Salt Lake City. This year was another great day of racing, good weather and fast teams. they run a groomed race track, use starting gates and run the 440( 1/4 Mile). The teams that come here hail from places like star valley, Tremonton, Ogden, Preston and other surrounding areas. There was a team drove by a 14 yr. old girl,as well as a 84 yr old man. Finals are on Sunday, but we will have to get a report on the winners. Me and Ashley went as well as a friend Kenny and his 2 oldest daughters of 4. We all had a real great time, and are looking forward to the world finals in Ogden.
Today we went on a family trip to Granite Hot Springs with some friends. If you haven't been before it is fun. Winter time you ride snowmachines in about 10 miles. There you pay your government more money to swim, I guess the costs to heat the natural hot springs or something, change into your suits and jump in. It was about -13 degrees when we left the truck, so the water felt great. Ashley and Maggie rode with Blake and Becky while Mom and Natalie rode with me. Chelsea was with a sitter. The water temp is around 112 degrees at the inlet but through out the pool is a comfortable 85 to 90. We swam for a few hours then rode back and had lunch along the way(at the falls). It is a tourist destination and that takes away some enjoyment for me, but it can be a little comic relief to watch them. The kids love it, swimming outside in the winter and a snowmobile ride, what a day. We decided that this is the most awesome place for a snowball fight, throwing them across the pool while still in it. We also learned that Texans do not appreciate a good canon ball next to them, we shouted while in flight, I don't know what the problem was. I guess nobody want to have fun any more, even in their eighties. The weather warmed up to a very nice 30 above and you couldn't ask for a better day. Tomorrow is the Shriner's Cutter races in Jackson so look for the next post. Happy Valentines Day everyone.
