Ground blind with a 2 yr old
So a couple weeks ago, the cow elk were open. We had done a couple drives with the kids but the problem with this is that cow season is ridiculous here. Every hunter and their dog are out driving looking for a cow. Every time we have seen more hunters then wildlife. So this time we left earlier in the afternoon and decided to drive a big loop and find a place to set up the ground blind. We went up behind Moyie on the sunrise. After about 10-15 mins of driving we found some wildlife...a big old grizzly bear. So we watched him for a while, took a couple pictures then continued on our way. The trip we were taking was up through Moyie, through the south country to eventually come out of Kookanusa to head home. It is quite the loop. After the grizzly we started to find everyone and their dogs...soo many trucks and quads...cow season. So we drove for a bit, until we got to Kyles area for the ground blind. As we were heading in...of course a truck comes driving out. The one nice thing with cow season is a lot of the people stay on the road. So if you get off the road, you don't see anyone. So we parked got the packs filled up and the kids on our shoulders and started hiking. We got out to the spot Kyle figured was good enough and set up. Now sitting in a blind with a 4 yr old and a 2 yr old is interesting. Pheonix was fine, she had been in a blind before and knew to play quietly. Easton on the other hand....is a 2 yr old boy that can not sit still for the life of him and is not what you would call quiet. So of course, Easton is hanging out the windows, flopping against the blind, climbing on us, and squealing at every noise he hears. After about 5 minutes you could tell Kyle was losing it...but he never said anything. After 10 minutes he started to voice that the elk would never come. At 15 minutes he's shaking his head, still saying we're not going to see anything. At 20 minutes he gave up...That's it, were packing up! Me on the other hand was having trouble controlling my out burst of laughter from 5 minutes in. The look on Kyles face mixed with a 2 yr olds joy had me in hysterics. Oh Easton loved the blind...but is still too young to understand you need to be quiet!
So a couple weeks ago, the cow elk were open. We had done a couple drives with the kids but the problem with this is that cow season is ridiculous here. Every hunter and their dog are out driving looking for a cow. Every time we have seen more hunters then wildlife. So this time we left earlier in the afternoon and decided to drive a big loop and find a place to set up the ground blind. We went up behind Moyie on the sunrise. After about 10-15 mins of driving we found some wildlife...a big old grizzly bear. So we watched him for a while, took a couple pictures then continued on our way. The trip we were taking was up through Moyie, through the south country to eventually come out of Kookanusa to head home. It is quite the loop. After the grizzly we started to find everyone and their dogs...soo many trucks and quads...cow season. So we drove for a bit, until we got to Kyles area for the ground blind. As we were heading in...of course a truck comes driving out. The one nice thing with cow season is a lot of the people stay on the road. So if you get off the road, you don't see anyone. So we parked got the packs filled up and the kids on our shoulders and started hiking. We got out to the spot Kyle figured was good enough and set up. Now sitting in a blind with a 4 yr old and a 2 yr old is interesting. Pheonix was fine, she had been in a blind before and knew to play quietly. Easton on the other hand....is a 2 yr old boy that can not sit still for the life of him and is not what you would call quiet. So of course, Easton is hanging out the windows, flopping against the blind, climbing on us, and squealing at every noise he hears. After about 5 minutes you could tell Kyle was losing it...but he never said anything. After 10 minutes he started to voice that the elk would never come. At 15 minutes he's shaking his head, still saying we're not going to see anything. At 20 minutes he gave up...That's it, were packing up! Me on the other hand was having trouble controlling my out burst of laughter from 5 minutes in. The look on Kyles face mixed with a 2 yr olds joy had me in hysterics. Oh Easton loved the blind...but is still too young to understand you need to be quiet! 
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