Hibernating is not for us

Who says winter is no fun? We have been having lots of fun, our only complaint, the warm weather. It has been in the 30's and melting all our snow :( Who'd have thought we would move to an arctic climate and complain about the mild winters? In the past 3 weeks we have been out ice fishing twice and caught an assortment of fish that are not in season. We did bag one nice togue (trout for you midwesterners) which was delicious. Woof loves to ice fish mostly because we go and bring him with. He loves to go to the vet too, that is how smart he is. Last week he made himself useful and pulled a sled full gear back to the car, good dog Woof.

Another fun winter activity is hauling and burning wood. Wow that is so much fun, I never would have imagined. I am being sarcastic, thank goodness Ben takes care of most everything to do with the wood and pellet stoves. I do enjoy sitting right in front of the wood stove, that is awesome. Also it is a fun treat to roast some dogs and marshmallows in the comfort of your own kitchen.

By far the coolest thing we have tried to do this winter is ice climb. We signed up for a beginnners course last weekend and were super excited to try it out but the weather had other plans. All the ice on the island (Mount Desert Island) that is climbable for beginners had running water on or below it. We were disappointed but still took some photos and had a good time hiking through the woods of Acadia. Seriously someone please send some cold out here. Thank you and peace out.