The view on the way to Kolob
Marilyn going past
Marilyn throwing a snow ball
My sled that I made to haul gear, it worked very well, couldn't tell it was even behind me. Used old skis.
Deaun Wilkinson, my sister
Carylee and Paul Heideman
Marilyn and I
On the trail to the mountain
Looking out cabin window, onto the deck covered with snow. The white open area is the snow covered lake. You can go real fast on the lake because you know it will be flat.
Marilyn waking upFriday January 29, 2010 my wife Marilyn and I, my sister Carlyee and her husband Paul and my sister Deaun snowmobiled to Heidmans cabin above Kolob reservoir. It became dark before we arrived but there was a large beautiful full moon making the snow scape very beautiful. The last few miles were totally trackless, deep powder which made getting stuck a real concern. If you stopped in the deep powder you would get stuck, you had to keep moving. I had my sister Deaun on behind me and about a mile before the cabin I hit the top of a fence post propelling my sister and I about 10 feet off of the sled into the deep powder snow. We would sink up to mid chest in the powder snow. I thought the snow mobile was destroyed, the cowling was shattered and the snow mobile was upside down. It took several of us to right the snowmobile but it would not start. Paul continued up the mountain toward the cabin but got stuck just before reaching the cabin. I left all the ladies to wait in the snow until I made a trail that would reach the cabin. As I approach the cabin I saw that Paul was stuck. After making a trail, we got every one into cabin. We got a warm fire going in the stove and had a nice evening playing rook. The next day we played in the deep powder, the snow was wonderful, it was like a dream. I wish we could all do it together. It is expensive considering lost glasses, damaged snowmobile, gas etc. And that is with no snowmobile costs.
