Hola amigos, I know it's been a long time since I rapped at ya, but things have been crazy here in Winterpeg!
(Apologies to Jim Anchower over at The Onion.)
Some fun stuff we have done:
On the 22nd of January, we joined the young couples group from church at Birds Hill Provincial Park for a sleigh ride and weenie roast. That night was the coldest of winter so far and it bottomed out at -31C (-23.8F). The high for the day was -25C. We bundled up as much as we could and drove up the ice-covered road to the stables at Bird Hill. The sleigh ride was the real thing, with Cydesdales pulling a big old timber sleigh.
The driver said once we get going, we don't stop, because at that temperature, starting and stopping is hard on the animals and gear. If you fall or jump off, please try to keep up! The ride was great, and lasted about an hour. By the time we got to the picnic site for the fire, Grace had cold feet, and was very ready to go home. We hoofed it about 3 minutes back to the stables and the car. I suspect Greta and Erick were cold, too, but didn't know enough to say anything.
The following weekend (Kristie's birthday) we went to Crescent Drive park here in town to try out the toboggan run. It was snowing and beautiful at our favorite city park. We did a number of runs on the wooden run and then took a walk along the Red river.
Afterward, we went home and I fired up the Weber and cooked Kristie a nice steak dinner in the snow!
We've been spending time with our neighbors, Charles and Monica, and their three kids. Charles can drink beer like a good Canadian, and they are a lot of fun. We ahd them over for pizza and beer Saturday night, and today Grace and I went sledding with Charles and six-year-old Brooke. The park across the street has a nice little hill down to the pond and some of the guys in the neighborhood sculpted a set of luge-like runs in the snow. The middle one has a pretty big jump and it's a hoot to go down any of them
later,
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