Closing up the cabin

Each fall we make a trip up to the cabin to close it up for the winter. We make sure there's enough firewood to last for the winter and spring cabin trips, take home all the food that's been left up there that won't last the winter, drain the pipes, put shutters on the windows etc. (Ok- so all of that really only takes a few hours- so of course we have to have some fun up there too) We headed up Wed. night after Ben got off work, and stayed until Sunday afternoon. It was a nice weekend. Cold- but nice.

One of my favorite spots. :D

Thursday was wood day- we got permits from the forest service and got busy. Ben and Doodle came back with the first load by themselves- OOOOPS! Must of tossed one of those logs too hard.--- yah- we're going to get that fixed tomorrow. Uggg! We rode home with a sheet of plastic across the back window.

We cut the limbs off, then sawed them into stove size pieces.

Even Roo got in on the action- what hard workers- Bug and Pam's gdd- M hauling logs to the truck.
Doodle's job was to stomp down the logs so we could fit more in the truck. Yah- notice that nice plastic window. ;) Love you Ben. ;)

The 2nd load of logs- and the hard workers.Darn- not a good picture- but we saw a whole family of moose. A Huge Bull Moose, a momma cow and a baby calf moose.Our friends the R family came up to the cabin with us. And no cabin trip is complete without feeding the fish at Big Springs.Pam, Roo and I taking a break on a logThe "kids" Sorry Ron- guess you are one of the kids. :D -- We sure will miss having you guys as our neighbors!We went fishing at one of our favorite spots---- what is that fishing pole doing in the water?!?! A lost her fishing pole in the river on the last cast- NO I didn't go swimming after it. Ben to the rescue again. :DSaturday we took a short drive into Yellowstone- We walked around Lower Geyser Basin. I don't know what it is with Doodle and cameras- will you please turn around!??! Little Stinker! More geysers, springs and hot pots
Saturday afternoon we went fishing- decided to try a new fishing spot- We got "skunked in the lake" good thing we had spaghetti planned for dinner instead of fish- or we'd have gone hungry.Silly Roo- What a dirty face!and Roo reading my magazine.Ben and Bug putting on the shutters Sunday afternoon- Yes- that's SNOW falling! brrrr!