Discover the Midland Ice Caves

Happy Scrappy New Year ! Another year is upon us and it's time for me to set scrapbooking goals.

Goal # 1 - Spend less than $75.00, which should be easily accomplished.

Goal # 2 - Create at least 4 layouts using nothing but scraps. At the end of the year, ditching scraps I didn't use. I'm tired of looking at them.

Goal # 3 - Continue using stamps on every layout, and my Silhouette on as many as possible. 

My first layout of 2020 is for the Scrap-Our-Stash "Bingo" challenge. http://scrapourstash.blogspot.com

I chose the fourth row across: 4+pattern paper, brad, stamp, doily, use a punch.

A stamp was used under the title work, a alphabet stamps set was used for the word M"idland", and one for the "here's the story" tag. 

Brads were used on the "seize the day" washi tape, and a doily as embellishment. You can see the punched border above the strip of washi tape. There are 6 pattern papers. 

Finally, the journaling attached to the back of my layout reads;

On New Year’s Day, Dave suggested we ask Dan, Geneviève and the kids to go see the Midland Ice Caves, a local attraction none of us had ever been to.

We all set out after lunch.  There was a steady flow of people who, like us, thought it was the perfect day for this activity, many with children and family pet. I had considered bringing Maggie but knew she could not handle the long walk. It gave us a chance to talk and laugh with Victor and Violet, Geneviève and Dan.

After a half-hour walk, uphill, through famers’ fields and wood trails, we reached our destination. We were all really impressed at the sight of the wall of thick ice, affixed to a steep rock outcropping, before us.  There was a tricky walk to get down to the base of the frozen waterfall. Luckily, there were anchored ropes to hold on to. The kids bypassed the ropes and simply slid down the hill on their bums. Once at the bottom, we could see the openings in the ice where you accessed the caves in behind. The kids loved going in and out of the caves, climbing back up the hill and sliding down. They had a great time. After an hour or so we hit the trail for the walk back to our vehicles.

We really enjoyed our afternoon discovering the Midland Ice Caves. We will be back. 

 Thank you for having a look, and for any comment you may care to leave.

Until next time, À la prochaine,
Jacynthe 😊