The "Ice Age"

We decided to take a walk today to Bostwick Lake. We had to walk over "hill and dale", through trails, over a river and an icy bridge, and along very icy roads to get to it. Once there we slid down a set of stairs to the icy lake. The boys were absolutely amazed at the lake. We walked out to near the middle of the lake. There were a few ice shanties to be seen and previous ice fishing holes to look through. Though they had frozen over again, we could see through the clear as crystal ice. It was a great learning experience for the kids, though next time we might drive instead of walking there.

We were only on the ice about 20 minutes when Veronica informed us all that she had to poop, so we gathered up. I threw Veronica into the backpack and carried Pickle and we all ran, yes ran, the 2 + miles back to the house. Of course once home she no longer had to go poop, so instead we savored a nice cup of homemade cocoa. MMMMMmmm

So to caption the pictures: The first one is of Pickle and me just after we got on the ice.

The second Picture is of Patrick and Sean wondering whether or not they could go even further out.

The third picture is Sean and Veronica "ice skating".

The fourth picture is the kids all pooped out from the long walk, and investigating a fish hole.

If there is anyone out there that likes to ice fish and is looking for a place to go and some company let me know, we'd love to fish on this lake and see how it is done :).