We've been getting a LOT of snow this year - and its been fun to take advantage of it --- cross country skiing and snowmachining! The snow turned to the powder kind a couple of days ago - so its perfect.
Our cabin - showing off the snows.
Another view of our cabin from the lake.
Friends - Nancy and Vince stopped by to invite us to join them on a snowmachining adventure out on the lake.
So - we all took off and went zooming around. We went up lake, just past the glacier but turned back because of overflow.
Ernie took this photo - left to right - me, Nancy and Vince. The snow is quite powder like - so we had fun going fast across and around the lake. Ernie got his Arctic Cat snowmachine - a heavy workhorse model -- to go 60 mph. Vince got his machine to go faster and at times, all we could see was a 'roster tail' of snow flying from behind his machine.
Of course we had to check out the Upper Landing - lots of deep snow. The parking lot and road down to the ramp were not plowed. Making it fun to zip around. Ernie is coming down towards the ramp in the above photo.
Taking a rare moment to check out Gull Rock.
Yesterday, we celebrated Leap Year with our friends, Gunther, Bridgett, Kirby, Vincent & Nancy. Our event started out at Gunther and Brigetts' cabin with three yummy homemade pizzas and two salads. Bridgett tried her pizza skills - and succeeded - in making a pineapple and Canadian bacon pizza for Kirby - which we all ate. After stuffing ourselves, we 'leaped' over to our cabin on snowmachines for peach cobble, jokes and more conversation.
During our conversations - the idea came up that next year - we'd have a 'stations of the cabins' event to celebrate the coming of Spring. Each cabin site - with an owner present - would have a task for participants to complete. Not sure what the task would be - suggestions ranged from shooting a bow & arrow at a designated target to seeing who could flip a pancake the highest into the air. It was even suggested that we have a day long breakfast!
Before we went over to Gunther's cabin - we stopped to visit our friend Kenny to see how his work was coming along with his water pump and to remind him of the 'leap year party'. Kenny however, had a friend who had come to help him for the day and would be taking his friend, Tim back across the lake - so he wouldn't be coming to the party.
What surprised me most about our visit with Kenny and meeting his friend --- is that Tim knows and works with my brother on the North Slope!! My brother is an avid Sea Hawk fan and Tim is an avid Packers fan. What a small world!
Now on a note of a different tune -- Ernie and I will be leaving our cabin for this year's Spring Breakup. Ernie is scheduled for 'double knee replacement surgery' on March 7th -- so we are going into Anchorage and expect to be there until May or when the ice goes out from the lake - whichever comes first.
We are sad to leave our home - but Ernie has been having too much pain with his knees for the past couple of years and his mobility is slowing down. So it's time for surgery. I will keep you posted through our blog as to his surgery and progress.
Gunther and Bridgett will remain on the island though break-up and our friend, Kirby may also stay. Of course, Kenny and Clancy will be out frequently.
Take care everyone and I'll keep you posted on Ernie's progress.
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