My work was slow, so we took the opportunity to leave early for the cabin on Wednesday afternoon. Rick installed ceiling fans and can lights in both upstairs bedrooms on Thursday and Friday, and I got the new comforter sets (Dillard's clearance sale!) in place throughout the cabin and organized all of the linens. (Forgot to get pics.)
We were joined by Pat, Liza, Randy, Sandra, Amy and Vince Thursday and Friday. The cold, rainy weather and heavy rains earlier in the week kept us off the mountain bikes, but we managed to find plenty to do. Rickey, Pat, Liza and I ate at the Western Bar on Thursday, and Randy & Sandra joined us Friday night for wood-fired pizza dinner at the ski resort. We spent Saturday afternoon at the Art & Wine in the Cool Pines event which was held outdoors at the museum. The afternoon temp in Cloudcroft was 50 degrees with rain and fog. It felt like a cold wet November day in Lubbock, so a winter coat was appropriate--not exactly what you would expect on the 2nd day of August.
This large bear was less than 100 yds from the cabin when we arrived Wednesday evening. Our first bear!
We have baby deer. This is one of the larger fawns who came into the yard.
Another deer pic taken from the back deck.
We tried trout fishing on Friday morning, but it was cold and rainy, and the fish weren't biting.
Our 6 mile hike in the Lincoln National forest on Friday afternoon in the rain and fog with Liza, Randy and Sandra.
The rain made everything except antlers look dark brown and created ideal antler hunting conditions. We were looking for antlers on the ground, so I almost missed this one at the top of the mountain as the fog and clouds rolled in.
Large elk antler found in the tree.
A decent deer antler I found on the 6+ mile hike on Saturday evening with Rickey, Randy and Sandra.
Rick's deer antler.
Toby checks out our antler stash we've found so far: 1 elk, 2 deer, 4 elk spike antlers and 2 deer spike antlers.
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