We got some sourdough starter from our friend. Kelly has been feeding it. Last night I mixed up a batch, let it rest overnight and we baked it today in a dutch oven. It looks good, hopefully taste good as well :)
I got a set of wood carving knives for Christmas. I pulled some wood from the wood pile - Some old juniper fence rails that I cut up in the fall for firewood. Super dry as they were likely 30 + years old. I used a hatchet to split off some thinner pieces. The first one I carved was the spoon. From there I did the spatula a week later and today I tried a fork. The spoon came out of a different block of wood so it’s interesting how much darker it is than the other two that came out of the same block.
Older boys were busy so we went with Abbie and Preston to Edison Butte snowshoe area on Saturday afternoon.
Preston turned 9 this week. He got to have a pancake breakfast out and a day off of school. It was a fun relaxing day for our favorite guy. He counted down the days until his special day. He said it was the best day EVER! Preston is so easy going and is always happy. We love him so much! ❤️
3 Finger Jack is one of the cascade volcanoes. It’s not as high as some of the other volcanoes but has a challenging technical ascent. I went with a group of men from church.
The hike started off wet and cloudy at the car but cleared after a few hours as we ascended up onto the south ridge.
The ridge got steeper and more narrow as we got closer to the summit. There were two critical sections where we roped up the first was called ‘the crawl’ - a 150 ft traverse with over 1000 ft drop below you. Here we set up a fixed line as protection. The second part was the final climb to the summit block which was a fun 5.0, 50 ft climb. ‘The crawl’ was much more nerve racking and scary.
Sunset on the way down.
Overall a great and very challenging day with a great group of men.