Dec
27
2009

Today

(Add / View Comments) (0)Sunday, December 27, 2009 - 10:57:03 pm
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Went to lunch in Warsaw - again, it was surprising how different everything looks snow covered! It was a good opportunity to take some photos of the snow covered area.

We saw the Union Jensens off after lunch, made a stop at Country Mark, where I stocked up on smokes. The difference in price here verses Phoenix is quite impressive!

Once we got back to the house, we took a walk around the backyard, which is the first time I've gotten to really enjoy the snow. The pond is completely frozen over, which is pretty impressive. The cold was really getting to Katie, and I took a walk around the front taking a bunch of photos, and taking a walk down Faircliff Lane up to the neighbors house. It was impressive the way it's easy to see the lake from there now that the trees have lost all their leaves. Gives a good sense of how close the house is to the lake.

Tonight we did a Pawn Stars marathon, which was fun. I was skeptical at first, but was sold a little into the first episode (of five) that we watched.
Dec
27
2009

Turn Summer Trees To Bones And Ice

(Add / View Comments) (0)Sunday, December 27, 2009 - 10:20:19 am
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Certainly that was a line that came to mind very easily on the drive from St. Louis to Warsaw yesterday. Leaving 20C degree days of Tempe for below freezing temperatures of Missouri is certainly an impressive contrast.

Here in Warsaw it's snowing, which is a cool experience - there is an impressive covering of snow, which is fun. The idea of doing this full time for 3+ months however is a foreign thought. How people do it, I'm not entirely sure.

We discussed, a while ago, how you need to be a little strange to live out in the desert - which is why it works so well for us. [wink] But returning to the midwest for Christmas, it makes me second guess that thought. The whole Arizona thing seems so much 'normal' to me in comparison to these freezing temperatures and the idea of not seeing the sun for days on end! [smile]

Yesterday, traveling here with the Union Jensens, we got stuck about half a mile from the house, on an icy hill on K, where another car had already gotten stuck. We'd been stuck behind a slow driving 4WD, which was mostly our downfall, loosing too much momentum to maintain traction to get us up the icy hill. As we were so close to the house, Shelly, the kids and I set out on foot to the house, leaving Chris & Katie to wait for help. Another reason why dealing with this sort of winter requires a special sort of person in my mind. It also makes me glad that we determined that driving from AZ wasn't cost effective in comparison to flying. Driving all that way in winter would have sucked, and I'm glad that neither us. nor Pepe were put through that! [smile]

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