Hardware Ranch and MORE sledding!

We went to Hardware Ranch on Saturday with the whole Merrill fam. I have to admit, I was not looking forward to getting up early to spend the whole day in the cold looking at elk but it's what Rich's dad wanted to do for his birthday so away we went. It was quite the drive up to Hyrum (near Logan) and then way, way up the canyon. We couldn't even get cell service- oh no!

We finally made it and loaded up on the wagon:

Zachary in his cool grinch hat

Cheesy Karter

My cute new baby neice Kenadee

It was a pretty nice day and would've been great but there was a cold breeze that was killing me.

The elk: the scenery was so pretty if you don't look at all the elk poop on the ground.

A big daddy

This one made me laugh. She just sat there chewing her cud and was looking at us like "is there something I can help you with?" I do believe she's the snob of the group.

There are something like 14,000 acres total on Hardware Ranch. Everything is paid for by ticket sales for the rides and elk tags from the hunters.

Sometimes we pretend we love each other

So, after the sleigh ride the plan was to go sledding but these silly kids couldn't even wait until we got to the sledding hill. Slippery coats and pants will do.

When we got to the sledding hill, I got all bundled up in Dick's snowpants since mine are MIA. They fit perfectly! Don't you think?

Sledding on boogie boards from Dick's DI finds is the greatest!

They went faster and farther than any sled I've ever seen (excluding the disk on Christmas Vacation).

Tubes are fun but you can't steer them and going backwards kinda freaks me out.

My little penguin

Me on the boogie board, it was kinda scary.

So Dick has been wanting to take the boys snowboarding and I've been kind of iffy about it, thinking they might not be able to get the hang of it. Boy was I wrong. Zach didn't get a chance to try it but Karter did and he did awesome!

My first time on a snowboard in almost 7 years! I was never very good to begin with and that is still the case. I'm a big chicken and can't control where I'm going but I had fun and got quite the workout!

Even though I was sort of dreading this little activity, we had SO much fun! It's quite the drive but I highly recommend this Saturday activity!