Last weekend
Haken and Shad went on a Father and Son outing for our ward. They were supposed to camp at a park that our stake owns, but unfortunately it was underwater since it is right along side the Bear River which is over flowing right now. They ended up staying at a ranch by the dry farms in
Snowville (about 30 miles north of our house) that someone in our ward owns. Shad and
Haken were the first ones to get there. Shad was supposed to help with the dinner, so they went early.
Haken got to ride a 4-wheeler before all of the crowds showed up and they went on a nice little hike exploring the grounds. For dinner they had dutch oven and roasted
marshmellows. It was a soggy night, but luckily our good
ol' 2 person tent (the best buy ever at $15) held up just great and kept them dry. Shad didn't sleep much, but
Haken snored the night away. They got back the next morning and Shad got right to work on finishing the bathroom. A few hours later
Haken came inside for lunch. Shad noticed a black dot on the base of
Haken's neck. At first he thought it was a sticker or something, then realized it was a TICK! The first thing he did was get on the
internet to see how to properly take it off. The first step was "do not panic!" Shad already was a little
panicked but I think after reading the rest he was able to calm down. The best thing to do is to grab a firm hold with tweezers and pull. Luckily the tick hadn't burrowed real deep, so Shad was able to easily get the tick off and drown it in alcohol. What a relief! They hopped in the shower and as Shad was washing Haken's hair he found another one!! Shad didn't have any ticks, but I guess Haken was low enough in the sage brush and bushes that the ticks could get to him easily. Luckily his blonde little hair doesn't hide them too well. I took a few pictures of the ticks in the jar, but they are kind of hard to see. They really are ugly looking red guys. They had a great time...even with the tick incident.
You can't see them really well. Taking a picture in a jar is pretty tough with all the reflections.
Before they left for the campout. Haken was so excited...can you tell?
My sister lives in bear lake and has found 4 ticks in the last 2 weeks. I guess because its a wetter year they are everywhere. They are so gross. I'm so glad that you found them fast. YUCK. but it looks and sounds like they had a great time.
ReplyDeleteAbout the Book:
We had my dad's company do them "Alphagraphics" we had them make just 1 for us to take around and then had a bunch of stores pre-order them and so we were able to pay for almost 750 to be printed just by doing that.
I am sure there are other ways of doing a self publication but this is what we came up with. I think eventually we will try and get it published. we just really wanted control of where it went for the first little while, since it's inspired by the bear lake monster. Let me know if Shad ends up doing that. It is quite an accomlishment, he should feel proud!