While Dad was here, Ryan wanted to take him up in the mountains on the snowmobiles. Lane's birthday was the only day it looked like the weather would cooperate so he got to join them. Turning 5 is a big deal!
Here they are making fresh tracks (all these pictures came from Dad's camera). They had the trails to themselves for the most part and the recent snowfall made for a smooth ride.
Driving off the trail is not recommended here ... the guardrails won't help either! The mountains have gotten heaps of snow in the past few weeks so now the snow pack is in good shape for filling up the reservoirs.
At this point, the trail had just enough space for the snowmobiles and Lane told me all about how he couldn't even see over the edge because of all the snow.
Give a boy a shovel and he'll be happy for hours. Give the shovel to Daddy and Grandpa and all of a sudden you've got yourself a Lane-sized hole!
Getting ready to head back down for dinner. There's 'our' lake just above Lane and Grandpa Larry. At this point, they were going to be on time...
they just didn't expect to come around a corner and find themselves in a traffic jam!
This moose was not interested in being anywhere on time. Nor was she interested in letting anyone else be anywhere on time. So she kept meandering along the road before finally deciding to let the guys pass. They came upon a second moose a few corners later and that one slowed them down even more. You can imagine the stories Lane told us when they finally arrived home for dinner!
Fun pictures! I'm sure Lane had LOTS of stories to tell when they got home after a fantastic day! Daren was wistful looking at the snowmobiling pictures -- since we've had very little snow this Winter, his snowmobile hasn't been out one time. Perhaps Winter's not really over yet? :)
ReplyDeleteWOW! The pictures and memories from that trip will be treasured forever!!!!!
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