02.11.08
A weekend away
So this past weekend was pretty busy for both us, though in different ways and locations.
Bela headed up to Minneapolis-St. Paul to help out with a climbing competition. Unfortunately the timing wasn’t so great as he went through Madison, WI right as a huge storm was rolling through. I-90 was a mess and he ended up taking a nap right on the interstate while many accidents were getting cleaned up. He drove by the 3 semi accident that caused some people to be stranded on the road for over 11 hours. Luckily, he got through with only a few hours of slow moving and made it up north all in 1 piece. Many routes were set and he got to spend some good quality time with his bosses and fellow managers.
I headed home to do a multitude of things. Friday night was spent with Adam, Kendra and Brandon out at Chestnut skiing and snow boarding. It really was a perfect night for it, the temp was in the high 20s, the snow was packed but not icy and the slopes weren’t overrun with kids (at least at that point- 10 buses pulled up as we were leaving). Saturday was spent making jewelry, scanning old photos and working on my genealogy project. I visited Adam to see that he finally put up some prints that he got from me about 3 years ago (which they looked quite nice) and ended up playing this cool game called Portal. Its quite ingenious really, and i got sucked in and sort of got the hang of it.
Saturday night was spent at my Grandparents house as it was their 60th anniversary. We enjoyed chatting with the extended family and made a plan to visit my great Aunt (my grandpa’s sister) Marie to do some more family photo scanning and work for genealogy. I went to tiff’s to stay the night at their house and enjoy some time with my neice and nephew.
On Sunday we went to see the new office space Tiff and Robb are sharing, which also happens to now showcase about a dozen of my photos. It looks so nice and is still quite spacious and could accommodate many more coworkers, should they choose to expand.
After the visit I wanted to try to get some eagle shots so we went to Eagle Point Park where we spotted dozens of bald eagles off in the distance soaring above the Mississippi River and distant woods. We gave up as they weren’t fishing nearby and decided to get some lunch. As we were enjoying our Arby’s i noticed a bald eagle soaring around downtown Dubuque. Robb informed us that he sees them all the time and they hang out in a nearby tree next to the River Museum. So after lunch we headed over and were lucky enough to have a bald eagle come and land on the tree we were scoping out. As you can see it was a great view!
It was starting to get late and we still wanted to do some scanning so after a quick visit back to tiff’s house I said goodbye and was on my way back to Elizabeth. We got the ok from Aunt marie who is 90 years old, to come over. I’m not quite sure what she thought of my scanner and laptop but she took it all very well. We have another round to do and hopefully by then i can start to get more organized and show her some of what i’m planning.
I had a wonderful weekend, even with the cruel wind chill. We both made it home with no excitement and are glad to hunker down in the house these next few nights. We’re off to Texas to visit Andy and Neely on thursday and should have more fun pics and stories soon.