A Visit to the Sun Valley Snowmobile Lodge in the Pembina Gorge.

After watching Hayden's hockey game on Saturday we ate lunch and loaded up the sleds and headed north to the Pembina Gorge.  It was a nice day for a ride.

The boys are all ready to go!

We unloaded the sleds at Howard's and drove about six miles to the Sun Valley Snowmobile Lodge.  The Coyle Family built the cabin in the 1970's and it is used as a warming shelter on the trail.  It's a nice place to warm up and has great sledding hills for the boys.

This is on the inside.

Warming up.

Jakob Sledding down the hill.

Jakob, Hayden and Marcus

Taking the boys over to the big hill.

Over the hill.

The Cat Cutter.

Canada is just past the bottom of the hill.

When we got back to the cabin there was a bunch

of other riders resting and getting warmed up.

The boys had plenty of exercise walking up the hill.

Jakob

Marcus

Hayden

After visiting with Howard we drove over to Maida to have steaks at Jacks for Jo's birthday.

Sunday Snowmobile Ride

On Sunday we drove the snowmobiles up to Mt. Carmel Dam.  We put on about 50 miles.

Carl, Hayden and Ed on the lake.

Ed

Hayden watching Ed.

Hayden

Hayden and Ed

Me

Carl got stuck in the powder

Hayden

Out for a long drive.

Out for a long drive today.  First we headed over to Thief River Falls to pick up a new snowmobile trailer and then to Ray's to pick up the sled and then up to Langdon.  When we pulled up into the yard the guys already had their sled's warmed up and ready to go.  We went for a nice ride. 

The line up.

Reese

My new sled

Me (can you see my smile?)

After the ride we went in and and prime rib and lobster.

After stuffing our selves we headed out for another ride.  There was a nice full moon out so it made for a nice ride.

Vintage Snowmobile Run

On Sunday we went on a Vintage Snowmobile Run.  We had some John Deere, Yamaha and Polaris machines.  It was a lot of fun.  Next time we won't forget the hotdogs!!

Marcus


Reese


Jakob, Hayden and Jon


Me


Reese


The crew



The Sleds

Hockey in Rugby

The Langdon Blades (Mites) had a tournament in Rugby on Saturday. We spent the day watching the kids play hockey. They won one and lost two and ended up placing 4th out of 6.

For the second year in a row Jo won the 50/50 raffle and a composite hockey stick. The highlight of the day was when Hayden made a goal off of a face off in the offensive end zone.

A quick goal!!

Hayden

The Langdon Blades

Don't Minard Me!

I looked out my office window today in the Education Building and noticed a sign in the window of neighboring Gillette Hall. Was wondering what the protest was about so I went up to the second floor to get a better look at it. Ha! seems like some folks over in Gillette Hall on the Campus of the University of North Dakota have a sense of humor or they may be a bit worried about what happened on to Minard Hall on the North Dakota State University campus.

The Education building is being remodeled and is going to be attached to Gillette Hall. Minard Hall was undergoing an expansion and after the ground was excavated a wall collapsed. Oops! Good thing nobody was around when it happend.

Gillette Hall

The Sign (I'm not too sure about using a noun as a verb).

Minard Hall

WebCam of Minard Hall during the event

A New Year At Roy Lake

December flew by way too fast. It's now 2010 and I'm ready for the new year. We took our annual New Years Day trip to the lake to check on the cabin. Lot's of snow with the 25 inches that fell over Christmas.

Ready for a swing?

I should have brought a toboggan to run down the stairs. Of course if I had one I probably would have hit a tree on the way down.

The thermometer is a bit off. It was -14 below out. It was darn cold out. My Blackberry did not like the cold weather.

The neighbors.

My cabin.

The neighbors.

My backyard.

Elmer Fudd?

The outdoor biffy.

Jo ready to get into the warm truck.

My favorite rock group.

Summer View.

The driveway.

Roy Lake Loop.

The White Earth Tribal Police. There is some kind of strange power on the Roy Lake curve on HWY 200 that makes cars go off the road.

A few fish houses on the lake.

Lot's of snow on the lake.

Had to make a quick stop over to Twin Lakes.

On the way home the temperature hit -32 below around Erskine. Man that's cold. When we got back to Grand Forks it was a balmy -24 below.