| Steve Dougherty ~ Jan 21, 2008 |
| The fourth annual MLK Cabin Weekend had 19 participants. An unusually heavy snow fall made the Whitewater Road impassable. Many thanks to our mushers Dave Carter, Elly Collier, Mary Coleman, Jon Ellis, Bill Wylie and cabin host Steve Dougherty who hauled nearly 300 pounds of food and supplies on a train of six sleds the three-quarter mile journey to the cabin Friday morning. Additional trips to the cars were made to haul firewood. The 34 degree cabin warmed at the rate of ten degrees per hour and reached into the high sixties by dinner time. Several youngsters joined our group this year. Nolan Good made his fourth cabin trip. Second grader, Emily Kraschel, built a very fine snowman. Day trippers, Laurel Nelson and her brand new Chinese Exchange sister made the Saturday night apple crisp earning ranks of "cabin cook" for preparing and then baking their desert in the old-fashioned wood-burning cook stove. Special thanks to Lon Johnson, Jon Ellis and others for resupplying the cabin's wood supply with well over a cord of fir. Members were Steve Dougherty (host), Vincent Dunn, Ryan Good, Robyn Smith, Tim Smith, Linda Bedard, Keith Hill, David Carter, Blanka Truneckova, Lon Johnson, Mary Coleman, Elly Collier, Jon Ellis, Kirk Kraschel, Matt Tryon and Rebecca Tryon . Guests were Shelley Dougherty, Emily Kraschel and Nolan Good. |
| Emily Kraschel ~ Jan 23, 2008 |
| Dear Steve, thank you for hosting the MLK Cabin Weekend. I had a lot of fun building a snowman; hiking in the snow; trying to snowshoe; hauling wood on sleds; sledding; eating lots of cookies and cheese bread; meeting new people(one person was from China); having a snow ball fight; sleeping in the cabin heated by wood; learning a new game called Reaction; playing chess; learning about the Grand Canyon; staying up to 10:30PM; and playing with a very long icicle, I can't pick my favorite part out of it all! |
| Blanka Truneckova ~ Dec 12, 2008 |
| Steve, You are one of a very few people I know, who will sacrifice 3 days and will feed, keep warm and happy everybody in the cabin. Thank you Blanka T. |