Papa Steinmetzer has been in Anchorage for the past three weeks, and now he's down in Seward spending a week of winter fun with us! To celebrate, we went on an ice fishing excursion today. We had perfect sunny, wind-free weather for it. Gorgeous!
Our darling little Gretel was quite excited to play in the snow all day. I didn't think it was possible for a dog to eat so much ice. Her belly became a mini-cooler--we should have strapped some beer to her. Gretel ate so much ice she almost got hypothermia and couldn't stop shaking....silly puppy! Do you like her ears? They can't decide if they want to be German Shepherd stand-up ears or lab floppy ears, so right now they just stick straight out from her head in her own dopey rendition of a Yoda impression.
Tyler and I took Dad to Hope today...the last town we had to visit on the Kenai Penninsula! It was a beautiful day and we all enjoyed a little romp in the snow.
On our way to and from Hope we stopped to do our ice fishing. Gretel tried really hard to help, but only succeeded in falling into the ice fishing hole. Dad got the catch of the day today, and it was Gretel's first experience with a real live fish! She didn't treat it much differently than a vegetable...we have some work to do to get her excited to attack things. :o)
Gretel even tried carrying around the ice hole scoop for us. It didn't work out too well. It became a chew toy. We had a wonderful day in our winter wonderland, and hope to have some more outdoor fun while dad's here!
1 comment:
I love her ears :) She is getting so big!!!!!!! Glad to see you having fun with your pop and pup!
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