Kathy and I went on a road trip up to McCall, Idaho to where Rich is doing some remodeling on a friends log cabin. It was like a sibling weekend. It was so fun, just the three of us.
Rich managed to keep tiling the showers and still visit and have fun.
Kathy spoiled me, and Rich by cooking all weekend!
It was such a treat. She wanted to do something nice for me and she ended up spoiling me completely! She drove and paid for food even!
Rich, being the master plumber that he is, is standing in front of his handy work. He put in two water heaters and a soft water system.
Kathy and I borrowed cross country skis from Rich's wife Sue. This was a dream come true. I have always wanted to try cross country skiing. I loved it. I managed to even do it with an injured knee that is still healing from our back packing trip last summer.
Though Kathy was much better at it than me, I was just happy to be able to do it.
We tried out this groomed trail for cross country skiing. It was really fun We met up with this really nice lady a couple times who took our picture for us. We watched old men skate skiing with their dogs running at full speed. Kathy and I tried to copy their moves. We weren't very successful.
This little car drives pretty well in the snow. One of the nights Kathy went out one last time cross country skiing where we had snow shoed earlier that day. When she came back she was so excited because all the cabin lights were on and it was snowing and everything looked so pretty in the dark. So we jumped in her little car and drove up the mountain a ways with the headlights off, the windows down taking in the night, the falling snow and all the cabin lights twinkling. It was really pretty. The crazy fun part was we started to go down this hill. There was a little concern that we wouldn't be able to get turned around and back up the hill since the snow was pretty deep even though it had been plowed. Kathy, in her crazy ways, started backing up backwards up the hill! I was thinking, Holy Cow, you are nuts but go for it....it's working. I kept my eyes forward to watch the road and she was turned around driving backwards. We were laughing so hard when we got up to the top. I haven't laughed that hard in a long time.
Kathy video taped me cross country skiing walking up a hill with my skis on. I would take a step and start sliding. I was very protective of my knee so I didn't wear it out. It didn't feel really strong so I was having to be careful. I looked at the video later and laughed my BUTT off! I looked absolutely RIDICULOUS!!!
On Saturday, Rich took some time out to show shoe with us. It was snowing non-stop. The snow was piling up on the tree limbs, which held only so much. Every few feet a tree would drop the snow from it's limbs. Rich was waiting for Kathy to get close enough and he would knock the limb to drop it's snow. She was way too smart for him. He couldn't trick her...or me. It was so beautiful and the snow was so deep. It was perfect snow shoeing conditions.
This is the cabin that Rich is remodeling.
It was like staying in a resort....under construction.
The little town was very busy with skiers from a near by ski resort.
Just down the small hill from the cabin is the water's edge of the lake now iced over, of course.
This was at the end of the dock. We walked out on to the snow covered ice. It was a little freaky knowing that we were walking out on ice. We let Rich walk out ahead of us and then when he realized that we were hanging back to see if he falls through, which wouldn't happen, it was too thick, he dropped to his knees. It looked like he fell through.
He is such a prankster.
Photo bomb!
I am so thankful to have them in my life after so many years of us apart. I can't imagine life without them. They are both very fun. We laugh so much when we are together.
I have also learned so much from them too.
It was a very special weekend to spend with just the three of us!
