Tis the season...
Tis the season...
Jim is horrible at keeping this thing updated, so it's time for the wife to take over!
Sunday, we cut down our Christmas tree. And it was much more involved than going to the tree farm. This year we adventured into the National Forest with our $10 tree permit to retrieve our holiday icon. With our friends Jake, Leslie, and Grace, we headed to the eastern Tinkham Road exit off I-90. There was plenty of snow, and Elena loved pointing it out (as if we couldn't see it ourselves). As we were driving, we saw some cool trees that were bent over from the weight of the snow creating an arch. What a great photo! But, oh! The camera batteries are dead! Having had dead batteries before we left home, I changed the batteries with new ones from the bag labeled CHARGED. Silly me should have verified the batteries were actually going to work... Or at least brought another set since this ALWAYS happens to me. Sheesh! So we're in the snowy winter wonderland with nothing but a camera phone.
Jim had hoped to have the Unimog available for our excursion, but only managed the new mirrors, and without wipers, the Unimog was not going. The guys chained up before the road started to incline, and we had no problems. At the end of the road (or as far as the plow had got) there was something of a tailgate party. Jim was irked because these people were up partying and taking up a good amount of the parking. It's prime tree cut time people! Party after Christmas or on a weekday (here's a toast to weekday partiers!)
End of story - we got our tree, it's great, but sitting in the driveway (hint hint Jim!)
Jim is horrible at keeping this thing updated, so it's time for the wife to take over!
Sunday, we cut down our Christmas tree. And it was much more involved than going to the tree farm. This year we adventured into the National Forest with our $10 tree permit to retrieve our holiday icon. With our friends Jake, Leslie, and Grace, we headed to the eastern Tinkham Road exit off I-90. There was plenty of snow, and Elena loved pointing it out (as if we couldn't see it ourselves). As we were driving, we saw some cool trees that were bent over from the weight of the snow creating an arch. What a great photo! But, oh! The camera batteries are dead! Having had dead batteries before we left home, I changed the batteries with new ones from the bag labeled CHARGED. Silly me should have verified the batteries were actually going to work... Or at least brought another set since this ALWAYS happens to me. Sheesh! So we're in the snowy winter wonderland with nothing but a camera phone.
Jim had hoped to have the Unimog available for our excursion, but only managed the new mirrors, and without wipers, the Unimog was not going. The guys chained up before the road started to incline, and we had no problems. At the end of the road (or as far as the plow had got) there was something of a tailgate party. Jim was irked because these people were up partying and taking up a good amount of the parking. It's prime tree cut time people! Party after Christmas or on a weekday (here's a toast to weekday partiers!)
End of story - we got our tree, it's great, but sitting in the driveway (hint hint Jim!)
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