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That photo is Will diving in! He better keep swimming really fast because his little brother Jack is on his tail trying to catch up!
It starts out with drilling a hole in the ice with an ice auger... the ice is about 24 inches thick so this time of the year, you need a power auger! You can't believe the kind of stuff they drag out onto the ice to fish!
Here is a little cluster of ice houses! Some of the guys (and gals) spend the night in these!
I understand that the fishing is good on Lake Buffalo this year. There may be a higher population on the lake than there is in town!
What is a radar run you ask? Well, it starts out with a funny looking machine like this that clears a strip of the frozen lake from the snow that has fallen.
The snowmobilers enter the course through here and try to go as fast as they can down the raceway. I think this is something that Todd Palin (hubby of former vp candidate Sarah Palin don't cha know) does!
The race track was really long...It went most of the distance of Lake Buffalo! It was fun to watch them wiz by...even little tiny kids! It was cold today, about 8 degrees or so and colder with the windchill, but these Minnesota folks are hardy. They spent the entire afternoon out on the ice!
When they really get going (some go as fast as 120 miles per hour) a radar gun tracks their speed!
Jack and his buddy Zack out on the frozen lake watching the racers!
Only in Buffalo Minnesota!
And now we've got...more than one! I'm not sure how or when it happened, but these nutcrackers have multiplied over the years! In our old house, we had a little attic that was used strictly for storing all the Christmas decorations. When we took them out each year, it was a little shocking to see how many boxes of Ornaments and Decorations we had, but then after Christmas, we put all those boxes away and didn't even think about it. Now, I have to look at the boxes every time I go to get something in the basement. They are taking up some prime real estate down there. Oh well, as Richard says we like stuff and we'll make room for it! I'm packing them up for next year and even though I think we don't need any more, I may find a few on clearance! 
January 5th is here. The taking of the vitamins every day is going great! If I am sure to take them with food, I actually do feel like I have a bit more energy. Now on the exercise front, I have been using some excuses, but today I made it over to my friend Maureens and we got on the treadmill and the stair stepper! It feels good!
What a wonderful way to spend the first day of the new year! The Trudell family joined us for a cold and windy skate on the lake. We thought the warming shack was going to be open, but we had to put our skates on in the frozen elements! We had a few rounds of crack the whip and looked at all the bubbles in the frozen lake! Then it was back to the house for some hot coco and a couple of games of Bananagrams! 
