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Well, its mid February and we are learning that winter is quite long here. Here I am posing in my two new favorite winter items, my Red Wings hat and my Sorel boots rated to 60 below, a great investment out here.

Here I am looking a little marshmallow-like as I get ready to guide a trip into Yellowstone.

A view from Riverside Trail in Yellowstone.

Here’s Brennan enjoying the view.

We took a little detour along the Madison.

The bison don’t really seem to mind all the snow, here they are relaxing in the warm afternoon sun.

Another view.

I pose for the camera against a beautiful backdrop.

Brennan’s taken up a new hobby to fend off cabin fever. He’s been making instruments. Here he is with a newly made cigar box guitar.

This one is made with a piece of oak 1×2, a cigar box, some cheap tuners and some random nuts and bolts from the hardware store.

Gus wonders if Brennan might not be more at home in the Smokies, playing dueling banjos…

Here’s another instrument. A scrap piece of wood, a candy tin, and some random hardware. The tuner way down at the other end is made from an eye-bolt and a wing nut. Primitive, but it sure makes some cool sounds.

Well, winter is definitely long here, but amazingly beautiful. I’ve never seen so much snow before! It does lead to a bit of cabin fever though. We certainly appreciate beautiful sunny days like we had here as frequently there’s not much you can do when the snow is coming down and blowing in every direction, except of course to build rustic, finicky instruments…

I think we might be about half way through, at least we hope so…

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