No snow...Huge Snowman?

With hanging around town for the past few weeks, we needed to get out of the city and up into the mountains for a real winter adventure despite the bum winter season we had thus far. We decided to head up to Logan for the weekend.  Ryan and Kenzie were kind enough to let us stay with them and were also ready for some quality snow time.  Late Saturday morning Jon, Danny, and Haley joined the fun as well.  We had our snow shoes packed and were ready to hit the mountains.  Danny loves watching animals, so he suggested we head up Blacksmith Fork Canyon to do none other than see the elk at the Hardware Ranch.  We thought it seemed like a reasonable request and then we could also find a spot up the canyon to do some snow shoeing.

*Not Actual Snowman-Our's was way better!

After getting our feel for the elk, we decided it was time.  We found a nice pull off on Blacksmith Fork Canyon and started our winter hike.  We climbed up some big hills and walked around for a while.  Some of the boys starting rolling huge balls of snow.  Hence, we had no other choice than to make a giant snow man.  We built the largest snow man I have ever built.  Danny was using his cross fit moves to pump everybody up.  It took all of the boys strength to lift the different pieces of the snowman. Nevertheless, we were able to complete it.  By some estimates they say it was 8 feet high other estimates get as high as 10 feet.  Either way it was pretty awesome.  We added the arms, legs, nose and the whole works.  Yet it was the hair and mustache made of straw which really made our snowman unique.

We were feeling pretty satisfied with our snowman and even joked that hikers better beware as they came around the corner to find our great creation.  To celebrate we tried the famous Pizza Pie Cafe.  Ryan and Kenzie had a coupon for four of us for $20 -which included unlimited pizza, pasta, and salad.  Sounds like a deal that simply couldn't be passed up.  Needless to say, we stuffed our faces.  One of the best parts was the dessert pizzas- Oreo, Cookie Dough, and Cinnamon were all among the favorites.  We decided then and there we would be returning to Pizza Heaven.  We left filling full and satisfied as we made our little resources go a long way!