NEW RIDES

Our old quads were 16 years old and mine was not in the best of condition after a botched oil change by a business that should have known better (I will not mention any name)  It was finally brought back to life by Barry, who is now the new owner of the Honda 250 4-Trax.  I had been using Stacey's 350 Yamaha but always worried that I would somehow damage it.  And Reagan's Yamaha had issues.  We now have new 2018 Yamaha 450 Kodiacs in a sharp flat grey colour.  Power steering and a winch on each one.  I rode it up and down the driveway and can't wait for the snow to melt so I can get on the trails.
It is going to be a good year for quading...

DRIVEWAY RESCUE

Rejean was out blowing snow this afternoon and ran into a little problem.  He had slid to the side of the driveway and couldn't get out.  He came and got me at the house after he had rigged up the tow rope and all I had to do was get in the truck and pull him out.
Mission accomplished

A FUN DAY ON THE HARD WATER

A nice day so off we went to do some ice fishing.  We got all set up and waited - and waited - and waited.  Rejean got a hit but that was all.  No fish were harmed today.  But maybe tomorrow because we are headed out again.  To a different lake tho.  We still have minnows left!!
Notice my tiny beverage stuck in the snow to stay cold.  It was a sample mojito and it was pretty good.  I might take some Fireball with me tomorrow...

JUST TWO MORE...

Just a couple more of the boys on a visit to the desert - these kids have such a hard life.

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY

Haven't posted pictures of the boys for a while so what better way of wishing everyone a Happy Valentines Day than using my little Valentines.

I can see they enjoy the beach just like me.  That is the sweet little Charlie Barley in the red and the cutie pie Monty Moo in the white.  I stand by my declaration of identity.

I hope you get to spend your Valentines Day with your Valentine.

ON THE TRAILS AGAIN...

Ron picked another beautiful day to go snowmobiling again - sunny and cold but when you dress for the conditions, you are fine.
I was ok going across the lakes this time - there was no slush in sight and it was probably too cold for it anyway.  We visited Pineland,  Highland Lake, Caribou Lake and Damm Lake and Wakamata and Jobam.  We did the tour.  The trails we were on are Wilderness trails and not the groomed ones that you need your trail pass for.  They are just single lane trails through the thick bush so you have to go slow because of all the turns and dips and dives and bridges over streams as the 4th picture shows.  I got off the machine and walked across it - I was a bit scared to go over riding on the back of the machine.  Every time I got off the machine I fell into the snow - it was a bit deep once you get off the trail and I had so many clothes on I couldn't move too gracefully.
We came across a few people fishing on the lakes - a few fish were caught but not many.  But it was too nice a day not to be out on the lakes.
The next time we go out we will be fishing.  Ron is getting a new auger so we will be testing it out.

The second last picture is of Stacey and Andrew's place on Jobam - looks different in the winter...

JUST PLAYING IN THE SAND...

Just the boys playing in their "sand box".  This is  the Rhub Al Khali Desert in the United Arab Emirates where Jodie and Dave just let them go to climb these dunes.  We were there in 2016 and the sand is just a beautiful shade of red and gold and very fine so it gets into everything and is very hard to brush off.  It is the largest continuous sand desert in the world, encompassing most of the southern third of the Arabian Peninsula.  It covers over 250,000 square miles and is part of the larger Arabian Desert.  It is beautiful.  And Star Wars - The Force Awakens was filmed here, too.

These little guys are so fortunate to get to experience that part of the world's culture - they are such little dare devils.