First Snogo Ride of the Season

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Yesterday we took a ride out behind Kotzebue on the snogos.





There is barely enough snow, but we didn't care.




We were just glad to get out.








The sky was overcast but it wasn't too cold out so it was a nice day for riding around.




I came up over a hill and look what I saw....




...caribou!














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Halloween Parade

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Every year the school has a halloween parade.








All the kids pre-K through 5th grade march around the gym in their costumes.








This year Uyaana was a werewolf.

Tonight was also the school Halloween Carnival. The classes have games or sell candy or slushies or have cakewalks...stuff like that. It's always crowded, noisy and hot. So this year I convinced Uyaana's dad to take him and I got to stay home. That was nice:)

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Pumpkin Carving

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Last night Uyaana carved his pumpkin. I had my friend bring it up on her way back from Anchorage. It cost $6 in anchorage. If I had bought it here at the AC Store it would have cost at least $25. I forgot my camera at work so I had to take these photos with my Blackberry.























We are starting our first storm of the winter season.



Here is the current weather.




Here is our forecast

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Snow

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Bikes on Ice

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Hooking for Tomcods

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People have been hooking for tomcods for several days now, but this is the first time I have has a chance to get out there.




As soon as the ice is barely think enough to support a person's weight there are people out there hooking.




I prefer to wait until the ice is a bit thicker than that...like at least 4 inches.




Uyaana did more playing than hooking which is usually the case.




Vic chopped us a couple holes wit the ice pick. This time of year the ice is thin enough that you don't need to use and auger.




Vic caught more fish than me. I'd like to say that he was humble about it and didn't rub it is but....not.




Uyaana stuck his fish in the water for about two minutes and then lost interest. Here he is holding up one of the tomcods I caught so I could take a pohoto of it.




Kinda ugly huh? But they are lots of fun to catch and they are usually easy to catch so you don't have to wait long before another comes. They are tasty too.




You can eat them any way you want but mostly we boil them whole, guts and all, or we freeze them and eat them raw and frozen dipped in seal oil.




I also caught one smelt. Just one.




I was hoping that I would get at least ten of them so I would have enough to put in a pan and fry but that wasn't the case. Anyway it was a fun evening out on the ice.