The Ice Box Igloo!

So as many of you already know Rochelle and I are pretty much hard core outdoor enthusisits. Well.... ok actually I'm the hard core one, but Rochelle is really beginning to catch on and we are having a lot of fun. So this October I saw an add in an outdoor magizine about a web site called http://www.grandshelters.com/ which sells an igloo maker. So I was intrigued and researched the product, then purchased what is called the Ice Box Igloo Maker. It arrived in early November then we had to wait for the snow to fly. So last week the snow started to fall in Boise and the surrounding mountains!! So we (Rochelle, Evan, and I) headed up toward Bogus Basin Ski resort and put the Ice Box to work, and here is our 5 1/2 hour 8 foot igloo.

The 11 footer!

The day after Christmas Vince, Evan, Keith, and I set out to build the 11 foot igloo. We found the perfect spot and began the process. The 11 footer was more than we were ready for as after 5 solid hours of building we still had a gaping hole in the top of our igloo. It was dark so we left with the plan for Evan and I to return the next day to finish the job. So Evan and I logged 4 more hours on the igloo and still have about a 3 foot hole in the very top. We ran out of time again. Next week we will return and finish the beast. Here are some Pictures of the 11 footer.

Fall Cleaning (The Garage Nightmare)

So it's been time to clean and organize the garage since the day that Rochelle moved to Boise. Lots of her stuff moved into the garage at that time and all my stuff was a mess before she moved in, so give that situation about 8 months to fester and we have this picture here: Rochelle's stuff on the left and mine on the right.

So we pulled everything out of the cave and organized it in the front yard... Camping in one pile, lawn and garden equip in a pile, 4 wheeler over here, and sports equip over there. At the very mouth of the driveway we started the donation pile. Well this conglabaration in the front of the house was what passers by thaught to be a Yard Sale. So after telling about 15 people to "keep driving this isn't a sale" I got a piece of cardboard and wrote Not a Sale! There was still 5-10 people that stopped by thinking it was a yard sale...

So at the end of a long day we had our garage back!!! Here are the pics of the finished product. Now I have space to put the Quad back together!!! Heck yeah!

We then proceded to fill our car with the donation pile it took every square inch of our little civic to get that pile to the St. Vincent thrift store. At the end of the day we were sore and tired and now have a small tax write off and a garage back. Here is the donation pile!