We were hoping it would be sunny when Kaitlin, Torben, Banshee and Sammy were here, but it was mostly overcast with a bit of snow and wind until the morning they left. At least they had a safe trip, and we had a great time anyway. We got our little Christmas tree together, did some sledding and a small amount of snowshoeing, and enjoyed watching the dogs romp in the snow.
The picture on the left was taken after I made an inelegant stop while sledding. I don’t see as well as the others so I ended up going headfirst into a snow bank. Nothing was broken, not even my glasses, so it was fun.
We drove up to the land three out of the four days, and the only other mishap was getting stuck in the blowing snow on our last trip back. We might have made it through that snowdrift, but a smaller car was stuck and was blocking the road. We tried to back up but ended up stuck, too. Given enough time we could have gotten ourselves out, but it was cold. It would have taken hours and would have been a sorry note to end our visit on. Instead we were rescued by the fellow who plows that part of the road…he pulled us all out and plowed through the drifts for us. We were home in time for dinner and a pleasant last evening together. Needless to say, we were grateful!
It turned out to be another good family story. That’s my kind of adventure…not too much, just enough to add a bit of spice to life. We also have a lot of pictures to add to our family collection. I’m starting to put some of them in my Flickr photostream so will stop here for now. I’ll add the link when they’ve been uploaded.
Hope you all had a great Christmas, too!
Great adventures indeed. For senior citizens, such small adventures are all that are needed to lift up spirits.
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goodness rummuser – that seems a little ‘offside’ in regards to Senior Citizens 🙂
everyone should have adventures – small, medium and larger with a few extra large +++ sizes thrown in for good measure…..
(tongue in cheek reply)
rummuser and Cathy,
I agree with Cathy, it has nothing to do with age… I’ve always liked small adventures rather than anything that was dangerous.
My spirits are also lifted by other things. Yesterday I was looking for a salad plate on the web and found that they still make the dishes that my mother-in-law had: Fiesta Ware. They have great colors so I ordered four plates in different colors. I’m still somewhat high over that simple thing. And today I was looking something up on Wikipedia and saw their plea for donations. It lifted my spirits to read their vision statement:
“Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge.”
— Jimmy Wales, Founder of Wikipedia
I’m well aware that Wikipedia isn’t perfect, but I’m thrilled by what Wales is trying to do and that I was able to participate.
I can list all sorts of other non-adventuresome things that thrill me.
Thank you both for commenting. 🙂
Hi Jean,
Good for you, getting out there and having some fun in the snow.
…and creating some fun family memories that will be with your for a long time!!
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Lance,
Thanks!
Cathy, touche!
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Rummuser’s “Great adventures indeed. For senior citizens, such small adventures are all that are needed to lift up spirits.”
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Cathy’s “goodness rummuser – that seems a little ‘offside’ in regards to Senior Citizens.”
Rummuser is a senior citizen (& so am I), & we speak for our group. Nothing wrong with being a Senior Citizen.
(Jokes are made about Gays with “Nothing wrong with being Gay” added.)
sorry bikehikebabe – I wasn’t been nasty….it was just a light-hearted coment 🙂
Apologies if somehow you have taken offence.
bikehikebabe and Cathy,
I appreciated Cathy’s remarks and didn’t think she was saying there’s anything wrong with being a senior citizen. I interpreted that as saying don’t stereotype them. I know people a lot older than me who are a lot more physically adventuresome.
My adventures mostly involve wrestling with computers and other technical stuff. Does that count, Cathy?
Again, it was a light-hearted remark…very appropriate to this site, which believes in not taking ourselves too seriously. I interpreted rummuser’s remark the same way.
Which is not to say I don’t appreciate your comments, too, bikehikebabe. 🙂
#6 rummuser comment “Cathy, touche!” I thought meant a challenge. But it’s a fencing term, I touched you or you touched me. Or slang-I got you or you got me & not a challenge.
Cathy(from NZ) said his remark was “offside”. In the US that’s a football term where the player crosses the line too soon. I guess I didn’t get it.
Isn’t English interesting as used in different countries.
“Isn’t English interesting as used in different countries.”
Touche to yourself bikehikebabe. Touche is french, not English. (I knew that.)
A.D.D. & ENGLISH LESSON TOO:
“Touche is french, not English.”– What I said above.
When French is referred to as a language, the F is capitalized. But french toast, it isn’t. However American is always capitalized, like American toast.
See I had to correct my mistake (again). This means I’m probably A.D.D. (attention deficit). These people are caught up in detail & often miss the BIG picture, the important observation. (A car is coming at you but instead you notice it’s red, your favorite color.–extreme example.)
bikehikebabe, you are sooooooo right – English is spoken, written, taken for granted in so many different ways around the world.
Once a upon a time, here in NZ it was mostly British origins/ the colonies you know. But now there is such a melting pot of ethnic groups here AND the Internet that whole phases have evolved.
To be ‘offside’ here may well apply to a sport but it also means not to be quite on the straight and narrow.
I know that once I got involved with forums that were mainly Americans I was forever, explaining, in a follow up what “I really meant” :-)))
thanks !! very helpful post!
i laughed at this post! it was fun.
bhb and cathy and rummy and monk!
put the pot on… i’ll have another cup of coffee!
now… what about us senior citizens and our
adventures?
lately it’s an adventure if my house doesn’t blow
away in what they’re now calling a micro burst.
touche to all of you with love!
tammy j