This and That

I know, I know, I'm not doing my blog enough.  For someone who is supposed to have all the time in the world I am finding it hard to find time for this.  One reason is that my computer time is limited and busy.  And it seems that we are always doing something else.  Martina and I were just saying to each other that we never thought that we would be so busy out here, we brought ourselves a lot of projects, games, books, puzzles and that sort of thing and we have not done any of it yet.  I know though that the cold weather is yet to come and we will have all sorts of time for that stuff!
The guys have started trapping marten now, they have been for about 2 weeks, maybe more and they are at 36.  Tomorrow they are checking again, their typical day is leaving home around 8:00 am, they sometimes split up to do the run of 160 km round trip, which makes their day shorter.  Arriving back here for late afternoon, and if they stick together they are back for 6 ish.  Some lynx sets were also set last trip out so we will see what that brings. 
We have about a foot of snow here at the lake, at the claim cabin we have easily twice that, and at the top of the mountain there is about 40".  We have been working on our tobagan hill, which is awesome to say the least.  And somehow it has morphed into a luge run at the bottom.  It is the longest hill I have ever been on and it honestly is like a track, the GTs do the best because you can steer them through.  The kids are a little afraid to do the bottom section that crosses our road and leads down to the lake.  I have to admit I was too the first time, since part of the track takes you under a fallen tree!  But a little coaxing and off the kids went, and yes some trips you do almost get your feet wet. We also need radios to communicate from the top to bottom and to let you know if the trail is clear!
We have also been out snowshoing, there is a mountain that is of small size I would say that is behind us. and since we moved here my husband said he wants to climb it, so that is what we are working on.  Day by day we go a little further up, the kids are doing awesome, they of course like the trip down better.  Sasha wants us to take her GT up there so she can come down. 
We had Paul's birthday yesterday, which was nice.  Tim, Martina and the kids came over and some friends from the valley sledded out too, the valley meaning the community where we get our mail.  We have had to sled out to mail the last few weeks now, and the trail is quite good.  It's a beautiful trip into town and I never tire of the scenery.  Actually today Martina and I went in on our own for some lady time.  It was valley girls meets lake girls, as we all got together to make perogies.  This is something the valley girls as they started to refer themselves as, do annually, and this year they were nice enough to invite us lake girls out for the day.  I think that it is safe to say that we both enjoyed ourselves, and having the day to ourselves. 
We are anxiously awaiting the caribou migration, each time we talk to a local we try to get more information about it.  We are wondering exactly just how many are we expecting, do they come in one big bunch or are they more spread out?  The lake here is still not frozen over and some have told us that they will even swim part of the lake if its not frozen.  I just can't wrap my head around the whole idea as I have never seen anything like it before other than on TV, so I look forward to it, as I'm sure we all do.