We took a wee trip to the Methow over the kids mid-winter break. We stayed at the River Run Inn (the only place with an indoor pool) and ate one night at Tappi in Twisp – highly recommended!
Methow River in the morning
Camille drawn to the river
Spirit explores the riverbank
schuss boy
trailer sledding out of the barn
down the ramp
crash!
throwing stuff on the frozen lake
Dan checks the ice thickness with a tool
Camille checks the ice thickness with her body
our cabin (on the left)
skiing beauties
cheesing on the trail
family on vacation
Camille at the Chickadee trailhead on Sun Mountain
the Methow Valley
the view from on high
Camille watches John prepare food at Tappi
celebrating our 17th anniversary of our first date
We adopted Spirit from the Seattle Animal Shelter last January. Not knowing her actual birthday, we decided to celebrate it on the day she was adopted – 1/11/09. We were a bit late this year. But Spirit didn’t seem to mind.
Spirit laps up the broth I made her from the chicken parts left over. She loved it.
We had our annual Grasshopper, LLC meeting to discuss the maintenance schedule and boat sharing calendar. Camille was paid to watch the younger girls. Moira went in a box (and not shipped to Sri Lanka).
We went off today to catch Christmas crabs. We brought home five keepers!
There was a sea star in each trap. One trap held six male crabs, five were keepers. The other had just the sea star.
We reset the traps. We’ll be back for more this weekend.
On Tuesday, Dec. 22, I got the flu. It knocked my socks off. I was horizontal for a few days. Daniel took the opportunity to snuggle – one of his favorite pastimes.
Daniel acts like Calvin while I suffer with the flu on the couch.
Meanwhile, Camille tries out her new reading glasses. Like me, she has a prescription for 0.75 power reading glasses.