Huntin' With My Boys: January 2010

January in cold country seems a bit of a mental prison. My boys have so much pent-up energy and nowhere to direct it--except on each other and the furniture. So when the annual cisco run at Bear Lake hits about 3 weeks into the month, we explode. Daily calls to the Fish and Game's hotline build the excitement. Weather and cold be darned; no ice on the lake, so what? We're headin' out!

We finally rolled out about 6:15 to a snowy morning. Logan Canyon really slowed us down. One car had slid into the river that morning and one had launched off a 20 foot embankment. But we were determined! We pressed forward and made it to Cisco Beach--more like boulder field--and pulled on our waders like the hundred other idiots that converged on the scene.

Tom moved up to dad's old waders and dad's brand new wading boots--how did they work T-Bone?

Carter's first experience in waders. I'm afraid we've got a fisherman on our hands. Caleb was waderless, but since we didn't see a single fish the whole day, I think he had the right idea.

I need a longer arm to take self photos...

Warmed back up and headed out for another adventure. Tom threw us over for his cousin Ashlie.

So off we went to the Sinks for some serious sledding...and snowboarding but the good board is still buried somewhere in our yard, so the equipment was a bit lacking. We had about 2 feet of new Utah powder to play in and nobody to really share it with.