This trip serves many purposes. It give a 70+year old hunter a mid-winter trip down out of cold Northern Minnesota to visit family and to use his rifle yet one more time. It is also an adventure into new country at a time when most folks are housebound by inclement weather. I'll take Houston over International Falls at almost any time during the January/February time-frame. I also hear that there are a few pheasants to be shot down there during mid-winter?