Mar 9, 2022
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As many of you know the Midwest is the land of cold and snow the months of January and February. I love the midwest and all 4 seasons. Typically we spend most of Winter on our skis checking out the midwest version of mountains on our downhill skis or some other frozen treasures. However given that my daughter had 2 broken arms it seemed our adventures might need to be more subdued this winter so I decided to build an igloo. In my head I thought this would be a fun family project. I thought I would use this episode to share the reality of my winter adventure of building an igloo and several important life lessons that came with it.
First this will be an episode where you will want to jump over to the episode website at some point to see the blog post with pictures. It will help give context to the building process. I found how to build an igloo from a youtube video in the later part of winter 2021 but by the time I had all the stuff the weather warmed up and I realized I was doing everything wrong. I used those lessons to shape what I learned and have better success (read more than 12 blocks of ice) in building an igloo.
As I am practicing how to slow down and enjoy the everyday adventures on the path to our next big experience, projects like these that take a few months are a fun way to offer experiences and purpose. While we weren’t sitting in the magazine image igloo singing kumbya and drinking hot chocolate it was worth every ounce of doing, fixing and trying again. Spending time outside in Winter in Wisconsin feels like an accomplishment I look forward to again next year. Who knows, maybe we’ll even host an Ordinary Sherpa adventure family winter meet up and build igloos :)
As we look forward to spring all of my energy is in the final stretch of getting my book published. Beyond Normal: A field guide to embracing adventure, exploring the wilderness, and designing and extraordinary life with kids will be available at the end of April. If you are interested in stories and learning that made Ordinary Sherpa, want to support us in this additional chapter, or just want some behind the scenes into the book publishing process consider joining our book launch team at ordinarysherpa.com/read