Ice Ice Baby
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxN_pbMOFk0
Well. it's back to work for us both now, my first job was to book travel for my meeting in Florida; oh warmer weather!
We headed up to Wisp for some snowboarding, it was a long journey but it was cold and we were expecting precipitation. The conditions were great and we got a few runs in even if it was very cold and then the freezing rain arived. Not quite the precipitation we were after and certainly didn't enjoy the icy lift seats or extremely slick conditions at the top of the mountain. Luckily the slopes were OK and it was fun getting coated in ice. The journey home was fun as the ice kept accumulating on the car and when we stopped for petrol there was over a centimetre of ice we had to get rid of; fortunately the ice melted of the car by the time we got home.
The temperatures stayed low for the rest of the week; very low, so much so my sweat froze on my glasses to and from work which was tough.
Joey arrived in time for Helen's birthday and we had a lovely evening eating cake and drinking and chatting. On Sunday we went to the Inauguration "We Are One" concert and "saw" Beyonce, Mary J. Blige, Bono, Garth Brooks, Sheryl Crow, Renee Fleming, Josh Groban, Herbie Hancock, Heather Headley, John Legend, Jennifer Nettles, John Mellencamp, Usher Raymond IV, Shakira, Bruce Springsteen, James Taylor, will.i.am, and Stevie Wonder. As well as Jamie Foxx, Martin Luther King III, Queen Latifah and Denzel Washington reading historical passages!
Then on Monday we took Joey to Whitetail for some snowboarding in lovely snow showers; it was hard going for Joey but she did well for her first effort. We had some good runs down the mountain and then had a very relaxed evening. Then on Tuesday we caught the Metro into town for a little thing called the Presidential Inauguration, it was damn cold, but I'm glad we made the effort. Helen and Joey ventured into the crowd while I chilled, and I mean chilled, by the Lincoln Memorial. Listening to the speeches I thought it was apt I should be standing by the Lincoln Memorial where Martin Luther King made his famous "I Have a Dream" speech.
After all the speeches were over we walked up to the Zoo to see all the animals that weren't there because they were in bed because it was so cold and they we joined lots of people on the Metro for the ride home.
Peace!
Well. it's back to work for us both now, my first job was to book travel for my meeting in Florida; oh warmer weather!
We headed up to Wisp for some snowboarding, it was a long journey but it was cold and we were expecting precipitation. The conditions were great and we got a few runs in even if it was very cold and then the freezing rain arived. Not quite the precipitation we were after and certainly didn't enjoy the icy lift seats or extremely slick conditions at the top of the mountain. Luckily the slopes were OK and it was fun getting coated in ice. The journey home was fun as the ice kept accumulating on the car and when we stopped for petrol there was over a centimetre of ice we had to get rid of; fortunately the ice melted of the car by the time we got home.
The temperatures stayed low for the rest of the week; very low, so much so my sweat froze on my glasses to and from work which was tough.
Joey arrived in time for Helen's birthday and we had a lovely evening eating cake and drinking and chatting. On Sunday we went to the Inauguration "We Are One" concert and "saw" Beyonce, Mary J. Blige, Bono, Garth Brooks, Sheryl Crow, Renee Fleming, Josh Groban, Herbie Hancock, Heather Headley, John Legend, Jennifer Nettles, John Mellencamp, Usher Raymond IV, Shakira, Bruce Springsteen, James Taylor, will.i.am, and Stevie Wonder. As well as Jamie Foxx, Martin Luther King III, Queen Latifah and Denzel Washington reading historical passages!
Then on Monday we took Joey to Whitetail for some snowboarding in lovely snow showers; it was hard going for Joey but she did well for her first effort. We had some good runs down the mountain and then had a very relaxed evening. Then on Tuesday we caught the Metro into town for a little thing called the Presidential Inauguration, it was damn cold, but I'm glad we made the effort. Helen and Joey ventured into the crowd while I chilled, and I mean chilled, by the Lincoln Memorial. Listening to the speeches I thought it was apt I should be standing by the Lincoln Memorial where Martin Luther King made his famous "I Have a Dream" speech.
After all the speeches were over we walked up to the Zoo to see all the animals that weren't there because they were in bed because it was so cold and they we joined lots of people on the Metro for the ride home.
Peace!
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