Back Yard Snow Camping

Three years ago, hailing from sunny southern California, we couldn't have imagined this! But check this out. In order to prepare for next month's "Klondike" Boy Scout overnighter in the deep Cascades snow, Andrew and Mark decided to camp outside tonight in our back yard. At Klondike, the boys (and myself, if I'm in town) will be camping in snow probably 6-8 feet deep; many of the boys hollow out caves in the snow, and sleep in those.

We've had quite a bit of snow this weekend here in Boise, and it's forecast to continue snowing every day through Christmas. We will have a very White Christmas, and we're looking forward to that!

The tent you see here is pitched in the corner of our back yard, right by the patio deck and the pool. A corner of the pool is visible in the upper left corner. The day's snowfall has been cleared off in their apparent snowball fight, but the pool is completely frozen over. I should have taken pictures, but earlier today you could see Shadow's footprints in the fresh powder snow. Shadow is about 80 pounds, so the pool is pretty solidly frozen! Care for a swim, anyone??? :-)