Eric and Tanya, snowmobile fail and church

Eric and Tanya joined us in Wallace the day after Christmas. We went to City Limits Pub, skiing at Lookout Pass, watched movies, ate big meals at home, watched more movies, and went on a failed snowmobile excursion.

Eric and Tanya are all bundled up and ready to play

One of the snowmobiles stopped working last time we tried to take them out. Tom thought he had fixed it but it was apparently in need of more repair because this time, it didn't even go three feet. We really wanted Tanya to be able to take some pretty pictures so Tom took her up to Lower Glidden Lake on the one snowmobile that was working. Meanwhile, Eric and I had nothing to do but wait for them.

Eric, waiting patiently for Tanya's return

I enjoyed the pretty scenery. 

When Tom and Tanya returned, Eric took the one working snowmobile for a spin. Then he and Tanya went off together for a while. I'm glad they were able to enjoy the ride.

We were a little worried about how we'd get the broken snowmobile back onto the trailer. Tom managed to get enough power to ALMOST make it on.

So far so good

Almost on

Alas, it wasn't meant to be.  The snowmobile refused to go any further and got stuck mid-way up the ramp.  We'd have to wait for Eric to return so we could muscle it to its place.

We had such a good time with Eric and Tanya. They headed back to Sammamish this morning and they'll go back to Florida on Wednesday. On January 31st, however, they'll move back to Washington for good. I'm sure they'll miss the warm Florida weather but I'll be so happy to have them home.

We attended the Wallace Branch today. I'm surprised they don't give us a calling, we're there so often. I enjoy each time we attend this small Branch and we feel so welcome whenever we visit. 

Wallace Branch chapel in Silverton, Idaho

Only two more days of vacation before we have to head back to reality. I'm not at all ready to leave.