Our friends have a rented a cabin for the whole winter up in the Beartooth Mountains and allowed us to use it for a weekend. Jason had a 3 day weekend and thought it would be fun to go. I was excited to get away and just relax.
The cabin is heated with an electric heater when they aren't there to keep the pipes from freezing but there is also a big wood stove that really gets the place hot. Upon our arrival, the wood was brought in and a fire was made to get the place warm.
She couldn't wait to help
FIRE!
Waiting for it to warm up before getting out of her car seat
The next day dawned sunny and clear with little to no wind and a temperature around 30F. We donned our winter gear and headed out to go sledding. We had purchased an $8 inner tube and had to blow it up first.
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| Megan was in need of a nap but was unwilling to sleep |
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| Blowing up our deal sled |
They did have a couple plastic sleds which worked out to put Megan in to one loaded down with blankets. She never moved or made a peep. I think she may have enjoyed it.
The view from the cabin driveway
Jason thought it would be a great idea to tie Tucker to the tube and have him haul Katelyn up the driveway, which was the perfect sledding hill.
It was great and he really pulled her up the hill. She laughed all the way. What really sucked was what happened on the way down. Tucker probably thought the tube was chasing him, he turned around and bit a number of holes into the tube. It didn't last 5 minutes and we had to go in and repair it. It was a good time to put Megan down for a nap too, which she did sleep and I could go out and join the family in some fun.
Jason became the photographer and stood in the road.
Our faces as we almost ran him over.
Daddy made us a fire to roast hot dogs for lunch. A wiener roast in January!
The cabin and fire pit. It was perfect, I could be outside and check on Megan through the window. She must have slept for 2 hrs.
This girl was hungry. She ate 2 whole hot dogs. They were so good after some sledding
Man's best friend and the best dog we know.
The first night we stayed, we all couldn't sleep very well. Jason had the wood stove just a little too hot and made it quite uncomfortable to sleep. We were also awakened around 2am by the howling of wolves. A lot of wolves. They sounded so close to the cabin. I was laying there thinking that I didn't want to go outside the next day for fear of them. That thought went out the window when the sun came up. The second night, we all slept much better. We kept the wood stove to a minimum heat. Cooking was kept pretty simple. Having not been there myself, I didn't know what to expect and I didn't want to cook too much. I was there to relax too. We had a good time too just hanging out as a family. We did have one accident. Megan was sitting on a big easy chair with the ottoman on wheels pulled up to it in case she fell off. She scooted to the edge and fell on where they meet. The ottoman rolled away quickly and she landed on a floor. She cried so hard, she let out all of her air and passed out for a second or two. Katelyn has done this before too, so we knew she would come to, but it's still scary. Other than that, it was relaxing and we still made it to church on time.
