Depending on how cold it is usually determines if we are going to spend the day outside or not. With our birch hill ski season pass, if it’s too cold to be open, then there are other activities for free to use our pass on. We can play one game of bowling, laser tag, or go swimming at a lap pool here on FT. Wainwright. Usually it’s enough for entertainment for the day and then we “warm up in front of the TV”—Says Ben. Netflix, amazon prime and Disney+ have become our friends in the evenings ;)
This Saturday we got all our cold weather gear to watch the start of the Yukon Quest 1,000 mile dogsled race... I had to remind the kids that this type of event is NOT something you see everyday- so “when in Rome...” you just gotta go!
It was a beautiful sunshine day- but a bitter -22 degrees. For the most part the kids did great, every so often a dog team would drop in and we’d get to cheer on the musher and check out the athlete animals- they all look surprisingly thin! Brielle somehow was running around and fell in some icy slush, so her gloves and the bottom of her snow pants were frozen solid. When I got to her she was starting to cry because she was so cold.
My friend Angela was walking along the frozen river not far from where we all were, but was in a more slushy spot she fell into a hole up to her chest of icy river water. Right after she crawled out she said she could feel her toes begin to harden/freeze. She quickly ran up to the building to take off her gear and try to warm up. She was so bummed to miss all the action! After the dogteams were all gone we went up to the building to check in on her. She was wearing some different clothes that one of the workers had gone home and picked up for her and she didn't have on any socks. The staff was giving away some candy and selling hot chocolate or coffee. I finally suggested we go to our house and warm up and the Jones family gladly accepted the offer. I grabbed Angela my hair dryer, a heater, and a blanket to get her all warmed up. We had hot rolls with jam, hot chocolate, and any other snacks that I could pull out of the cupboard for our "lunch".
I want to add pictures from this day, but they are on Ben's phone.
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