Snow Day

Ugh no actually make that a rain day. Everything school related was canceled today as we were blessed with 6 inches of beautiful fluff early this morning. But the snow was not the issue, it was the predicted rain. We have had about a half an inch of rain with nowhere for it to go so we are in a flood advisory in FEBRUARY! Hmm this sucks. Ben loves it though, check him out pushing the water out of the garage into the moat he made down the hill to the river. I spent a couple of hours this afternoon cleaning snow off the driveway and then Ben put his hours in with the rain. Pfft I would have rather gone to school then have this crappy rain day.

Sunday we had some fun checking out the The U.S. National Toboggan Championships at the Camden Snow Bowl. The turnout was awesome, there were a couple hundred teams and people were just hanging out around campfires eating chili and chowda. We are definitely in for next year and have big plans to build our own sled. BTW Camden Snow Bowl is the only resort in the world where you can ski with a view of the ocean. Neat huh?


This weekend Maine was a big deal in the Democratic Caucuses. Both Obama and Clinton were in town and I was lucky enough to get within 25 feet of the man I think will be the next president. We waited in a line a half mile long for about an hour only to get denied entry into the audiotorium. The cool thing was Barack's team recognized the number of people who did not get in and he gave a little 5 minute speech on the lawn. He does have quite a presence and is incredibly intelligent which gives him 2 up on the current prez with no effort