Winter Campout

Our crew went on another adventure this past weekend. We went to Sunrise Lake to do some sledding, ice fishing, and snow caving. We drove up to Sunrise Lake on Thursday with plans on staying until Saturday. We had a blast as you will see from the pictures below. While our ice fishing wasn't very successful, at least we had a fun time attempting something new. After our failed attempt at ice fishing we decided to hit the slopes for some tubing and sledding. The boys would tackle the steepest hills available with little displayed fear. They especially liked the hills with jumps on them. On Friday afternoon we noticed that the wind was becoming very fierce. We quickly built our snow caves and prepared for the worst that mother nature could give us. The wind continued to increase and the amount of snow falling also increased. The boys weren't giving up though. A concerned snow plow driver stopped to discuss the possiblity of moving our cars closer to the side of the road. He said that there was a larger storm coming in and that the snow plows wanted to use the area that we were in to turn around after dropping off their snow. They also stated that due to the size of the storm as well as the lack of visibility, there was a chance that our cars might be hit by an unexpecting snow plow. Also, the next day was a weekend and the snow plows weren't going to be plowing the area that we were in which could mean that we could potentially be stuck. He then said that there was a chance that we might be asked to leave in the middle of the night by the forest service because of the severity of the storm. At this point, we decided to vote on what to do. Although the boys were fearless on the slopes, they decided that it would be a better idea to just head home. Five hours, two pit stops, and a taco bell run later, we arrived at home around 11:15 PM. We were all completely exhausted, but very satisfied in our trip. The only downer was that we didn't get to sleep in the snow caves that we spent three hours digging.

Before the storm

After the storm

The aftermath