Snow, Ice, and Boys

Last Saturday, Brian took the boys ice fishing up at Strawberry Reservoir with some friends. He forgot the camera, of course, but they all had a great time snowmobiling, climbing rocks, drinking hot chocolate, and even managed to catch some fish.

Matthew said he found one that didn't have any slime or blood or guts on it and carried it. And then he demonstrated how some of the fish were flopping around because they were still alive. And then he told us he put the non-slimy fish on his head. It's hard to tell where the truth turns to story in his mouth. He did manage to fall in a half-frozen auger hole in the ice and got soaked up past his knee within the first few minutes on the lake. Brian put a handwarmer in his boot and he managed to survive the day in the cold with all his toes intact.

The boys were well conditioned for cold by all the skiing they've been doing this year. Besides a week in McCall, Grandpa Camper took them skiing at Deer Valley as part of a mini family reunion the Saturday before last. And he remembered his camera.

Nathan, then Matthew, snowplow down the mountain.

The boys skiied a black diamond run that was used in the Olympics (second slope from the left). Matthew was really proud that he didn't fall in the "show".

Two happy skiers.