Lamb or Lion, 2017

Lamb or Lion for March?  I think it is a toss-up at this point.

           Our snowy slopes have been put to good use in more than one instance recently. The family of Johnny and Jeaninne Iverson gathered for their annual Mink Creek Snowfest. This year there were 25 attending from across the nation: Virginia, Texas, Utah, California, Colorado , even a few from Idaho. The excess water on our slopes this past month had rearranged their usual sledding hill, but other spots were located. The Iverson clan had ongoing board games over the three day event and enjoyed special Dutch-oven potatoes and the 6 batches of belated Valentine cookies that Jeannine produced. The children helped with some of the cooking for the event and that made extra fun for everyone.

         It was Winter Scout Camp time and the Copenhagen Basin area rang with the noise of young men and leaders digging their snow caves, making preparations for their overnighter in the deep snow. The numbers were good this year, about 70 scouters all told participated. Five Mink Creek scouts attended: Jonathan Seamons, Keenan Janke, Bryce Egley, Bracken Christensen, and Charles Iverson. They were accompanied by leaders Robert Crosland, Kim Rasmussen, Sheldon Longhurst, and Kurt Iverson. It snowed the whole time they were there, but the caves proved to be fairly comfy for their sleeping accommodations. The guest speaker for the occasion provided good words of advice and wisdom with his story of survival. All enjoyed the Klondike Race using sleds, snowshoes, hauling straw bales to test their mettle. Our group always enjoys the food whipped up by Kim Rasmussen; in this case it was soup bowls and eggs and sausage in the early hours. They had no need for extra refrigeration on this campout.

         We've had another moose on the loose. This one was up Birch Creek and it decided to join the little herd of horses that belong to Kerry and Lacey Christensen. The horses were not pleased, nor were the Christensens and it took patience on the part of all the neighborhood before things got settled back to normal.

         MaryAnn Jepsen had some down-time recently, down in St George, UT. It was a Ladies' Event with her daughters-in-law. Sunshine and Home Tours were two of the main events of this time for relaxation. Just the thing to help a case of the winter-blues.

         Every few days we catch a glimpse of spring, followed by snow flurries and wind. March 1^st did come in like the proverbial lamb, and judging from forecasts for much of the remainder of the month, we are going to be enduring Lion weather for most days.

         The spillway of the Twin Lakes Canal is dumping its water into the Bear River. It may not be a celebrated waterfall, but it has a charm all its own to those of us who live nearby.  Due to the winter weather and mud slides along the route of the canal the crews are working on repairing winter's damage before the annual date  arrives to have it full for irrigation purposes.