Cold and Snowy

Pictures 1 and 2:  Taken out our east facing kitchen window during a sunrise through ice crystals.
Picture 3:              An old truck just off the highway near Emblem Wyoming.
Pictures 4 - 6:       Taken today from our porch this afternoon after the storm. 

Valley Elementary School

IN FAVOR OF KEEPING THE GRIZZLY BEAR ON THE ENDANGERED SPEICES LIST, THEN SEND YOUR KIDS TO SCHOOLS LIKE THESE. 

Tyler and I took a drive up the south fork of the Shoshoni River this afternoon just out of Cody Wyoming to see elk, deer, and big horn sheep.  Snow was slightly falling and to our delight, we saw about 100 elk, 50 deer, and 35 big horn sheep.  About 30 miles up the canyon, we came across this cool little school (Valley Elementary) in the photo above.  

The play area is completely enclosed with a fence about seven feet tall and these signs posted.  Just last spring in this area a man was irrigating when he surprised a sow and cub grizzly.  The sow in turn attacked him sending him to the hospital with major injuries. 

Wapiti school in the same district up the north fork, (on the way to Yellowstone) from Cody has the same problem and BEAR fence. 

Tyler said that "these schools should be Bear Free Zones."

Shop and Artwork

Julia has had a shop class this term and some of her projects included the welds and alligator.  The numbers on the welds are the points out of 200.  I left the paper, pencil and laptop in with the alligator to give it scale.  She had to draw each section out and then cut, sand, and place back together.  I also included some her artwork from the movies Rapunzel and Frozen. 

Tyler is always making something out of his Legos. Last night he created this battleship from a picture, amazing. 

Photos From Christmas 2013

These are some photos from our 2013 Christmas. Julia and Tyler are dressed for their school play, I will try to get some video tape of the performance posted later.  The Roller Coaster was sent to us by Jeremiah, we had fun putting it together and the soda can is an example of what happens when a full can is left out in the car at 26 degrees below zero Fahrenheit. 

Tyler's Arrow Of Light

The Arrow of Light is the highest Cub Scout Award that you can get.  Tyler earned his before his birthday last November 2013.  He then moved on to the eleven year old scout program here in Burlington Wyoming and is enjoying it. 

Legend Rock Petroglyphs

There are dozens and dozens of petroglyphs at Legend Rock and a great trail to walk along and observe.  The site is located between Meeteetse and Thermopolis Wyoming west of highway 120 just north of Hamilton Dome. 

Old Home and Schoolhouse

I ran across these old buildings while I was looking for the Petroglyphs of Legend Rock near Hamilton Dome between Thermopolis and Meeteetse Wyoming.  The are off of highway 170.