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The Cabin

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Brian and Lars were some brave souls to take 7 kids up in the Uintahs to the Cabin.  This by all means is no luxurious cabin.  No electricity, no water, no toilets.  Not my kind of fun in the dead of winter, but the kids had a complete blast. 

Everyone arrived at the base of Manor Lands around 8 pm in the pitch dark and they had to snow mobile 7 kids and all their gear up to the cabin.  This includes all food and water for the next 24 hours.  BRUTAL.  The temperature of the cabin when they got there was 32 degrees.  They got the stove up and running and by the kids were in bed the temp was up into the 50's.  Every kid apparantly was asleep within 5 minutes of laying down. 
 The next day was a fun filled day of sledding and snowmobiling.  Brian ran out of food, but luckily Lars planned a bit better and had extra for our kids. 





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