Andrews Family

Well, my weekend was quite an adventure. On Sat. I spent the day at Bristol Mountain and went snowboarding. The "snow" was more like ice from the size of sugar to gravel, with solid ice underneath. It was a fun day and I managed to survive a full 8 hours on the slopes, and came away with the bruises to prove but for only having snowboarded once before it went really well.

There were guys dressed in full fire-fighting gear on the slopes practicing for a "Fireman’s Slalom" race to raise money for a local burn center. The race is where 4 firemen in full gear man 25 foot fire hose while going through a slalom course. It didn’t look very easy, especially for last guy on the hose. But they were having a benefit lunch too so I grabbed a hotdog and soda from them.

On Sunday there were more "Falls" but not on the slopes. One day of snowboarding on the ice was enough, so after finding a local Catholic church for mass, I headed over to Niagara Falls. I spent a couple of hours walking around Niagara Falls State Park. It was neat to be there in the winter time and it had snowed that morning which made it scenic. I heard that the Canadian side is even more scenic but I left that for another trip.

I should also give some credit to my amazing travel agent, Jenny. She hooked me up with an internet special on a rental car for $15 a day! (I paid about $8 in tolls on Sunday.) But to top off the deal on the rental car, they were out of the economy cars so I got a free upgrade to a Pontiac G6, which made the drive over to Niagara falls much nicer.

But I made it back to Rochester and my return flights were uneventful. It’s nice to be home!