2010 SnowPocolypse

Earlier here I reminisced about a snow storm that happened when I was young. Now, through pictures, I'll tell you all about the big storm of 2010. A much different scene for me. I really enjoyed this storm, and had a lot of fun...

This was about 10:30 in the morning on Saturday. It was still snowing, but this was the earliest measurement. About 5 inches and steadily falling.

This was the back patio, around the same time-frame. See those two bowls on the table?

These two bowls? They are the collection bins for SNOW CREAM!

I remember having snow cream growing up. My grandmother would make it. But I had never tried it... It was REALLY yummy!!

We also picked that day to try to make sushi for the first time. It was really easy with the SUSHEZI! And good. This was avacodo, cream cheese and crab.

Of course, we HAD to go out and play. Casey just watched for bit. She's seen snow before, but not nearly this much...

I almost lost her in it at one point. It was up to her underbelly. Good thing she's so dark!

And I finally got her to sit still enough to take a good picture. She wasn't happy about sitting in it though. What a trooper!

Now some shots from around the yard...

The two suns and crab didn't seem too bothered by it all.

By Sunday morning, the icicles were growing bigger and bigger.

Guess we won't be grilling on these this weekend.

Sunday, we also decided to take a drive by the water. It's only a couple of blocks and I wanted to get some pictures. Of course.

This was one of the first things I saw. Beautiful, huh?

We also saw this guy. Wasn't 100% sure what I was seeing at first, but you'll see below and hopefully you'll be as amused as I was...

Yep. Cross-country skiing in SE VA by the bay.

And a great sport he was. I opened the window, held out the camera, and he just grinned.

And I almost missed this guy, cause I was facing the water. See him? On a snowboard?

That's him again being pulled behind that pick-up truck!

LOVE IT!

Lots of folks were out walking dogs. These two where just enjoying the day and each other!

I loved how the sun was shining so bright, and the snow was overlooking the water.

It was the most snow our area had seen in a long, long time. Nearly shut the entire metro area down. Took a long time to clear it all up, and kids were out of school until Wednesday or Thursday for a storm that happened on Saturday.

But it will be a storm that people will remember for years to come.

I know I will! How about you? What did you do that was memorable?

AMW

Camping Weekend

For the 4th of July holiday weekend, we decided to go camping.  We didn't go far, just far enough to get away...  Rather than ramble on, I'll narrate through pictures....  (you can click on any of the pics for a better view)

When we first got there, a dragonfly perched itself on the 

Yellow Jeep.  We tried to get a good picture, but this was the 

best we got...

This one was with the flash, but I thought it 

turned out kinda cool looking!

We saw an abundance of them throughout the weekend

and they even came and landed on one of our guests hand!

They really made themselves at home at our site,

which was a lot of fun.

I've always heard that they will keep the bugs at bay,

but it didn't work out that way this weekend.

As you can see from just one of my feet, 

the bugs took over!  We were literally bitten 

from head to toe!

Camping and sushi!  Doesn't everyone do this???

Here's our setup for the weekend.  We try to

make it homey...

My hammock strung between two trees

was a source of naps as well!

There was ALWAYS a campfire going.

Another attempt to keep the bugs at bay.

Campground looks empty at this campfire.

Our eating arrangements.  We moved the bikes at chowtime.

Our table right before our departing breakfast.

Yes, we had fresh flowers on the table...  Why not?

Our new camping stove!  Made great use of it!!!

Our new friend.  Her name is #48!  She could really cook...

Despite the many, many, many bug bites, we really had a good time.  Can't wait to do it again, soon!

Sushi

Friday night, we met a friend of ours for dinner who loves sushi and has been wanting us to go with her to try it out.  We were quite skeptical, but figured it'd be good for us.  I'd had california rolls before, and wasn't overly impressed.

We tried an assortment of different things, and all in all, it wasn't bad.  I did fairly well with the chopsticks, mainly because I'm not going to let a little thing like the lack of a fork keep me from eating dinner!  The miso soup was a tad difficult with the chopsticks, but that another day....

We tried raw red tuna, snapper, salmon, and yellow tuna.  The flavor isn't bad, it's getting past the texture of eating raw fish.  we also had rolls that had shrimp with cream cheese, and a deep fried roll with spicy ahi tuna.  Of course, you can't go wrong if you deep fry anything!

I don't remember at all what anything was called, or what I would try again, but I'd definitely go back, and try some different things as well.

Oh, and the japanese beer was pretty good too!

AMW