Boonebego

Posted on Thursday, February 7, 2008 at 02:21

We live right on the border of two counties: Boone and Winnebego. When Kyle walked down to do the chores, he called me over to look at a snowdrift that started at the top of a small hill running through our property, and ended at the bottom, going through a wire fence into a vacant goat pen. Later that day, Kyle, Kaitlyn, Kevin and I all went down to the hill and all got started on a tunnel through the huge drift. we supposed it was somewhere around the line of the 2 counties, and so we called it "Boonebego" (BOON-uh-BAY-go).

We all went down to the drift and started building the tunnel.  Kyle and Kaitlyn dug into the bottom, and I took the top. A little way down I came to a forgotten plastic sled, which was a big job to get out. During the process of freeing it, however, we broke through. After we'd freed the sled, it was just a matter of clearing snow out of the opening. We finished that, and Kyle Became the first person ever to crawl completely through Boonebego. Kaitlyn went next, then I went. It was a job well done. We showed our mom, went through the tunnel a little longer, then went in the house for a well- deserved cup of cocoa. Here are some pictures of the tunnel Boonebego:

COOL!

Posted by kember on Thursday, February 7, 2008 at 03:23 - Link

Hey Kenny!

Wow, that is so cool! (literally) That looks like so much fun! We don't have snow down here, I've only seen it in pictures. :)

TTYL,
Kember
PS, I like the name of the tunnel. :)

Please be careful...

Posted by mamaof2andtwins on Sunday, February 17, 2008 at 08:04 - Link

Snow tunnels can be fun, but they can also be very dangerous.

Blessings,
Mrs. Jennie

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Posted by gaelin on Sunday, February 17, 2008 at 09:53 - Link

the name sounds like one that explorers from the 1500s would name a cave or lake, or something!!! : ) The tunnel looks REALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLYYYYY neat!!!!!!!
-Gaelin-