Last Saturday, my Dad went up to our cabin to check on things and make sure nothing had frozen, the heat was still on, the immense piles of snow hadn't crushed anything, etc. My Mom was sick, so she stayed home, and Mike was busy working on a project for work, so Ian and I decided to ride up with him for the day and keep him company.
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| Ian and my Dad on the snowmobile |
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| Vroom, Vroom!! |
It was absolutely beautiful up there!! Once we got up out of the valley, the sun was shining brilliantly and with all of our snow gear on, it was actually even kind of warm!
I hadn't had a "Daddy/Daughter Day", where it was just the two of us, in quite some time, and I thoroughly enjoyed that time with my Dad. He is such a great guy and I love these special times we get to spend together. And Ian absolutely loves his Papa, so he had a great day too!!
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| The snow was over Ian's head. |
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| Ian riding the snow scooter. |
From about October to May, the only way to get up to our cabin is by snowmobile. My parents still go up quite often, but since I had surgery this winter and couldn't ride a snowmobile, this was mine and Ian's first trip up since last summer. Ian seemed to remember the snowmobiles from last winter, and he certainly remembered the cabin, so he was really excited! He loved riding around with Papa, and only yelled at him once! (My Dad took an uncharted "short cut" through some trees at one point and said he didn't think Ian liked that very much because he started yelling at him. From then on, they stuck to the trails=)
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| Me following behind Papa and Ian. |
I was surprised at how much snow there still is, and was thinking it is going to be awhile before we see the hot tub again!
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| The hot tub is under there...somewhere! |
We had a great day with Papa and can't wait to do it again! However, hopefully next time we won't need our snow gear and can ride the four wheelers instead=)
