Skiing Trip '07

This past week we drove up to West Virginia for a 4-day ski trip with a group of our friends. We stayed in a cabin with a group of our friends about 20 minutes from the Snowshoe ski resort. Not only was this Jane11's first time skiing, it was also her first time in that much snow. There was 6 or 7 inches of natural snow on the ground at our cabin & in the woods... Even the little pond next to our cabin was frozen solid.

The weather was almost perfect the whole time, with the exception of some foggy snow conditions on Friday. The temperatures stayed near or below freezing most of the week, and each night we would get a new layer of fresh snow.

Here are a few more photos from our trip
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Our cabin - The frozen pond - Jane11's snow angel (on the pond)

Getting ready to ski - Us on the lift


Er!c, Jane11 and Todd skiing


Some photos of Jen & Gil



Eating our brown-bag lunch in the lodge


Having some fun in the front yard at our cabin



Er!c playing precision ping-pong basketball
(yellow line added to show projected path of ball)



A late-night game of texas hold'em


Warming up at the Black Run Sugar House


Night skiing at the Silver Creek ski area


warming up (again) in the outside hot tub
(followed by a brisk roll in the snow!!!)



Snowshoe, WV - 2007

The Big Move

Today (Sunday the 28th) we drove down to my sister's new place which is right off the 1st exit into Georgia... (only about 15 minutes away!) and helped them unload two van-fulls of furniture & boxes. The outside temperature was at/or below freezing, but we kept plenty warm as we moved stuff for about 1.5 hours. Here are some photos of the house, and also a few of my little nephew Elliot. :)

Front
Back

Chickamauga Lake

A week ago the weather was offering us nice and balmy warm short sleeve weather in the mid-70's...

I'm afraid that was the last of the warm weather until spring. All week long it's been very cold, with several days forecasting snow, sleet or freezing rain. Anyway, on Sabbath afternoon (Jan. 20, 2007) about 30 minutes before it got dark Jane11, Todd and I drove over to the Booker T. Washington State Park and walked up the "beach" a little ways. It was quite chilly, but luckily we were armed with warm jackets, gloves and hats.







Todd found a "blue thing" that he proudly displayed for all to admire.

The Buring of The Tree

On January 8 we had Jane11's parents (and also her brother, Todd) over for supper one last time before they headed back to Kenya. After supper we decided to burn the Christmas tree in our back yard fire pit. It had been raining for a couple days so the ground was still quite wet and the tree was still a bit green, so it didn't burn completely... but what little that DID burn was quite impressive!

Happy New Year!