Winter Fun

It's St. Paul Winter Carnival time...even without winter this year! On Saturday, Bob, Hannah, James,Sarah and Tony went to the Beer Dabbler and spent the evening sampling different cold beers in the cold park. Afterward, we went out to dinner together. On Monday, Bob and I went to Rice Park to see the (melting) ice sculptures, then went to Burger Moe's to take advantage of the $5 burger specials.


************************ An Ice Totem ****************************


*************************** Angry Bird ***************************


********* A frozen Squirrel (and tree) in Rice Park. LOL *********


**************************** The ice wall ************************


** One of the vintage Bounce Team pictures enclosed in the ice wall **



** A couple other impressive, and crumbling, ice sculptures in the park **

Bob has been busy with the Winter Carnival Bouncing Team, attending events, try-outs and parades. He was in the Moonglow parade on January 26th, the Grand Day Parade on the 28th and the Torchlight parade today. He also had bouncing girl tryouts, and no it's not what you're thinking, on Friday.


******** A bird's eye view of the team from the 'bouncing girl' cam ***********

Bob had his picture in the St. Paul Pioneer Press today with the bouncing team. One of the firemen made sure he saw it.


************ The picture from the newspaper today ********************


On a related note, today was one of the only days that looked remotely winter-like. We woke up to this beautiful and rare sight, Hoarfrost. Yeah, look it up, it's a real word!



* Since I forgot my camera, here is a pic from the newspaper's website taken today on the University of Minnesota campus. Enjoy *