Mesa Arch 03/09

Here are some of the photos I took after the half marathon in Moab. I figured, why not run 13 miles and then get up for the sunrise the next morning.

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Here are the runners after the race.

Sturgeon Spawning

Two weeks ago, we took a drive up to Shiocton to see the sturgeon spawning. These fish are ugly and very prehistoric looking. They were around with the dinosaurs 200 million years ago. I'll include some facts about the whole event, but given the circumstances, it's pretty amazing.

• Generally, once a female fish becomes and adult it spawns every year. Not so with the Lake Sturgeon. The female spawns once every 4-5 years and she does not begin to spawn until she is 20-23 years old.

• Anywhere from 50,000-70,000 eggs may be released from a single female.

• Eggs scatter randomly but are sticky and become attached to rocks and other materials.

• Depending on water temperatures it takes about 2 weeks for the eggs to hatch.

• Fewer than 1 in 1,000 will survive long enough to hatch.

• An 82-year-old sturgeon speared in Lake Winnebago (the lake right by our house) is one of the oldest ever caught in Wisconsin.

• By the end of its first year the sturgeon is about 9" long

• By the 3rd year the sturgeon is about 2 feet in length.

• By the 6th year the sturgeon is about 33" long

• By the 15th year the sturgeon is about 46" long. The average Winnebago Sturgeon harvested is about 4.5 feet long and weighs about 40 pounds.




Here is a video from our little venture.

Tough Choice!

Hunt for eggs? Or swing? Lucy would much rather swing. She hasn't figured out the whole hunt for things yet. Or, maybe it was because she hadn't been able to swing all winter and that was the first time a swing was staring her in face. Either way, she had fun.

Daddy Time

Lucy loves spending time with Daddy. And Nothing beats a Dilly Bar from Dairy Queen. We also drive by Dairy Queen ALL the time and Lucy often chimes in with a request for ice cream.

I solemnly swear I'm up to no good!

While in Utah, I looked down the stairs and saw this. Lucy and Carson got into some mischief! Lucy reached up on the counter and pulled down the container with Jelly Belly's. They dumped them out on the rug and had a feast! Crazy kids.

Mischief managed.

Snow much fun!

I mentioned that Lucy was fond of Frosty the Snowman. Well here is her Frosty. She loved to watch the movie all the time, and she would talk about him all the time. When he first melted she said something like this: "Oh no, where Frosty? He melted! :( Poor poor sad." Then, last week as we were going to the garage (mind you we haven't had snow on the ground for a while) Lucy says "Where's Frosty? He melted"

Maybe it's time for us to buy a real slide, although Lucy had fun. This year she also loved to wear her pink boots and her pink hat with a fuzzy pom pom on top. Huggies are GREAT! (I really think this could be used as an ad for KC ;))