Logging Days

This weekend we went to Logging Days. It was cold, but the children loved it. We had a flapjack breakfast and then ventured out in the cold to get a taste of lumberjack life...with a few other activities inbetween. The above picture was on a sleigh ride. There were quite a few teams pulling wagons or sleighs and you could take as many rides as you wanted. We got in 4, but we could have just sat there all day and the children would not have gotten tired of it. It was definately the "hit" of the day.


This was the blacksmith demonstration. This talented guy is a friend of ours.


Here was one of the teams of horses that was preparing to skid a huge load of logs.


And...our youngest. It was a cold day, a bit below zero degrees, but Keith and I must have done alright bundling the children up with 2-3 layers, because even though we kept asking them if they were cold, they kept saying "no"...wanting to go back out and see the horses. Keith and I were the ones cold! We had to keep finding warm buildings so our feet could thaw out. Next year, I'm bringing a backpack with blankets.

Now our daughter is even more determined to want a horse of her own. Uhhh, weee'lll seeeee.