So…..I want to take everyone back to the time when they were just a little kid. You had your pajamas on that had the feet in them….remember? Take a moment and close your eyes and think back to how it felt when you first woke up on Christmas morning? That excitement you first felt when the sleepy haze went away and you just knew that Santa Claus had been to your house to bring your favorite toy that you had wished for all year long. You would hurry down the hall or steps to where your family had the tree. The whole time your heart was pounding like crazy. The adrenaline was building within your body due to the excitement.
Ok…that’s the feeling I had last night. At 45 years old I realized that I was that excited to see the first snow of the year. I had that same feeling of adrenaline going through me that I used to have running out to the tree on Christmas morning. I turned to Randy and said, “do you feel it too?” and he instinctively knew what I was thinking. He felt it too! It’s just another reason that we are perfect for one another.
We stopped in Cloquet, MN for something and I had to taunt the kids with a picture of the snow. I just couldn’t help it. I had to gloat! It didn’t matter that the roads were icy and we had two cars spin out in front of us and go in the ditch. We didn’t care about the icy roads because it all means that it’s the start to our snowmobile season!
We made it to the cabin and there’s just one other member of the Allen Family that likes the snow more than me, Randy, Shelby or Brady. That’s our dog Ries. She absolutely loves to play in the snow. As soon as I lifted the back of the suburban to let her out of her kennel, she knew it was time to play. She bolted out of the truck and spent the next few minutes running through the snow and rooting with her snout. It’s the funniest thing in the world when she rears up her head and has snow all over her trimmings on her face.
This morning Randy took Ries on her daily walk. When we’re home in the cities, she always has to be on a leash. Up north at the lake, though, she gets to be a dog. Her walks up here are without a leash and she LOVES it! Randy can’t even get his first cup of coffee drank before the walk, because she is all up in his grill growling and whimpering to him to hurry up. In the summertime, the daily walk ends with Ries running into the lake from our small beach area. This morning she tried the same thing, but got about four feet on the lake (that’s right ON the lake) and realized the water was gone. She was standing on ice. She looked back at Randy like, “what the heck happened to the lake dad?” Hilarious to see! She turned around and high tailed it off the lake in disgust. That only lasted a second though as she realized she had snow to play in again. I’m not sure if I get more enjoyment out of playing in the snow or watching her do it? Hmmmm….I’ll have to contemplate that one
The game plan for our day today is to heat up the garage (we call it the toy shed because it holds all of our snowmobiles). Randy and I are going to wax our machines and get them all ready for our first snowmobile ride. Since we have another six weeks or so before we can safely ride the sleds, we have to do something to get rid of the anxious feeling we have right now.
I have two babies right now. Everyone knows Ries is the first baby, but my Yamaha Vector is by far my other baby. She and I are bonded, for sure. I absolutely love riding that sled. There’s no other feeling in the world that I’ve ever felt like riding through the woods with snow all around you and the complete feeling of peacefulness I have at that moment. Sometimes I listen to my IPOD music, but sometimes it’s just nice to have the quiet of the woods to listen to.
So as I’m waxing my sled today I’m going to be sure to give Randy a big hug and thank him again for his kind gift to me a few years ago. It’s because of the Vector that I can ride 300 miles in a weekend without any back pain. I love him for that! I hope Yamaha will continue to amaze me with new technology over the years so that I can ride into my 80’s!
Here’s a picture of me with my clean sled just waiting to be ridden this season.
VROOM….VROOM…..EVERYONE! Let it snow!
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