Whitetail antics

Kids and Sara spent a week in Whitetail. Doug showed up on Friday night in preparation for the Clear Spring Carnival on Saturday night. 

The Clear Spring Carnival is always a hit. A large posse of Whitetail folks (LJ and kids, Heather and Vivian, Erika and kids, the Kenemuths, and us) took on the vomit-inducing, headache-creating rides.

The 'Hamster Wheel' was new this year ... and actually called OMG

Julia and Nico load into the Zipper ... RJ rode this with Rocco about 15 times

RJ scored some free tickets from a random person (Brad has them) so adults rode the Round Up (a.k.a. Throw up)

The kids convinced Doug to stay until the bitter end ... thankfully rides stopped at 11pm

By the end of the evening we were tired and dizzy ... another successful carnival night. Don't forget to ask Ms. Heather about her knife collection she obtained.

On Sunday the normal Whitetail antics resumed ... 

Antic 1: Quicksand

While wading into a pool of runoff water near the resort, Kaleb got stuck in quicksand (if such a thing actually exists). Thinking quickly he leaped out of his shoes and scampered to safety. 

The next day ... 

Doug and Julia spotted one shoe that floated to the top and got stuck before heading down the stream

The other shoe required a heroic effort from Mr. Brad using a shovel to dig up mud (a.k.a. quicksand). The process took about 20 minutes of stench from decaying organisms and leaves, but he managed to uncover the other croc that was buried in mud. $30-$40 saved!

Antic 2: Build your own Boat

Rocco and RJ decided it would make sense to build a boat to float out into one of the seven ponds. Building materials consisted of sticks, string, and several things from a dumpster (bubble wrap, plastic bottles to hold air, other stuff). The kids supplemented this free stuff with a roll of duct tape to hold the entire thing together. 

After a few hours of planning and building ...

... the raft floated ... RJ was the second rider while other kids waited their turn.

Antic 3: Repair Work

After replacing a light switch and contemplating replacing an outlet, a light bulb went off for Doug. Maybe the table lamp was having intermittent issues because the LED light bulb was bad. 

A quick trip to the local hardware store fixed the problem for $10 (it was a 3-way bulb).

While at the hardware store we purchased a latch for the broken structure around the propane tank. After disassembling the door, painting everything, and re-assembling the door the 'simple' repair was complete. 

... the repair to the propane enclosure