SOME TIME WED DARVIL CALLED AND SAID THAT HE AND JASON WAS GOING UP TO THE WEST END OF THE MOUNTAIN TO PLAY IN THE SNOW ON THURS. I DID'NT REALY WANT TO GO BUT AFTER MUCH DEBATE AND THOUGHT I THOUGHT I WOULD GO. WE LEFT ABOUT 9:30 THURS MORINING AND DROVE TO A CAMPING AREA ON THE WAY TO TRIPP CANYON. WE UNLOADED OUR FOUR WHEELERS AND PROCEDED UP THE MOUNTAIN. AFTER ARRIVING AT A PLACE CALLED DRY LAKE, WHICH HAS A SMALL POND WITH WATER. WE DROVE AROUND THIS PLACE FOR A FEW MINUTES AND THEN CONTINUED UP THE ROAD FOR ABOUT ANOTHER HALF MILE AND THEN BECOME STUCK IN THE SNOW. IT WAS HERE THAT WE STARTED THE PROJECT THAT HAD BEEN PLANNED. WE WERE GOING TO BUILD AN IGLOO. YES AN IGLOO. DARVIL HAD BORROWED A DEVICE FROM A FELLOW AND VIDIO SHOWING HOW TO DO IT. WE WALKED OFF THE ROAD INTO DEEP SNOW. WE LEVELED A PLACE IN THE SNOW AND PROCEEDED WITH OUR TASK. BELIEVE IT OR NOT WE MADE A IGLOO THAT WAS ABOUT SEVEN FEET ACROSS AT THE BOTTOM. DARVIL WAS ON THE INSIDE WHILE WE WERE BUILDING IT AND WHEN WE FINISHED HE DUG A HOLE IN THE FLOOR AND OUT THE SIDE. I THOUGHT IS LOOKED NEAT. WE COULD SEE HOW A PERSON COULD SURVIVE IN ONE OUT OF THE WEATHER. OF COURSE IT WAS STILL COLD INSIDE BUT THERE WAS NO WIND, OR IF IT WAS SNOWING YOU WOULD BE PROTECTED. DARVIL TOOK A LOT OF PICTURES DURING THE BUILD AND THEN AFTER IT WAS BUILT.
WE LOOKED AT IT FOR A WHILE THEN GOT ON OUR MACHINES AND WITH A TEAR IN OUR EYE, DROVE AWAY. IT WAS FUN AND WE LEARNED SOMETHING.
SO THERE
DAD
3 comments:
Well I'll make sure I'm with YOU guys if we're ever together stranded in a snow storm.
What an adventure. I am so impressed. I still have snow in my back yard if you want to do it all again. I hope Darvil posts some pictures.
You guys are very ambitious fellows. My kids would have loved to have been in on that one. We need pictures!
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