We spent the weekend away at the Audubon Center up in Sandstone, MN in their Winter Family Escape program. It is an all-inclusive four day weekend that provides loads of winter activities from horse drawn sleigh rides to XC skiing, rock climbing to snake handling. The first two days the weather was perfect to spend the whole time outdoors. The boys loved skiing, kick sledding, snowshoeing and tunnel digging in the snow. Randy and I loved all that as well, but you couldn't beat the prepared meals and no worries about meal planning for four days. The last two days turned frigid with -20 degree temps with the wind chill. Randy and I snuck out for a quick snowshoe hike while the boys did crafts and tested our limits with their constant pestering of each other. All in all it was great to get away and unplug for a few days and reconnect back with nature.
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| View from our room on the first night. |
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| Soren dancing with intern Ellen during the contra dance. |
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| The boys loved that our room had four bunk beds. |
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| Randy and Sevi kick sledding on the lake. |
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| Sevi taking a rest by the Sugar Shack. |
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| Soren crossing the bridge that connected the main hall to the barn. |
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| Soren handeling a snake during the herp class. The boys also played with a rabbit and a porcupine named Spike. We also went to a animal winter adaptation class that had an eagle, owl and American kestrel bird. |
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| The upstairs of the barn had a climbing wall! Soren is climbing with his favorite intern Ellen. |
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| Soren skiing. |
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| Sevi did awesome on his first ski adventure! |
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| Family pic after riding on the two horse open sleigh. |
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| Sevi action shot on the sleigh ride. |
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| Soren is testing out the hand carved wood snake that they painted during craft time and then went outdoors to see how far it slithers in the snow when thrown. |
