Thursday we went back to school & Friday was SNOW DAY #2! Gotta love a snow day right at the start of the second semester. Got up bright and early that Friday morning ~ headed to the Y for my swim...the roads were snow covered & it was coming down, but honestly, I'd driven to the Y in worse weather...so the thought of a snow day didn't really enter my mind. Dodd showed up late with the news of our day off! So I swam a mile. Kelly wondered if we wanted to ski, but Dodd said no, so we decided to try snowshoeing instead. Headed to Chapin Forest around noon...and they were closed! Seems the snow only fell in Eastern Lake County & Ashtabula County. So we hiked & made snow angels and sledded with the kids. It was a BEAUTIFUL Colorado-like cold and sunny day. Glorious.
Another snow day highlight...It was Friday, so we had BBQ "burger" with curry kraut & roasted sweet potatoes for lunch from CLE Juice Box. Amazing. ~ and tried the VACATION juice for the first time. The Cranberry Beet is still my favorite (wish I remembered the name) but this one with carrots and pineapple was pretty amazing.
While Friday was bright, crisp and sunny...Saturday morning's fun run was cold and snowy. Love that we had reservations {complete with name tags} for breakfast...so we really weren't going to back out. Without the NERC peer pressure today would have been a treadmill day. We got to Big Creek Park in Chardon a little before 7 & at 7 all these bundled up runners with headlamps emerged from their warm vehicles. Off we went for a five mile out-back. At 8 we met up with the main group & went for another 5 mile out-back. It was beautiful. The snow falling in my headlamp and the crunch of our feet on the snow packed road...peaceful.
Crazy NERC runners!
Then we went to breakfast...best sausage gravy & biscuits I've ever had! and mimosas and bacon and oatmeal and fruit and eggs and pastries and...YUM
Lots of my favorite people!
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