Nadolig Llawen

It is snowing again here.  We got a few inches last night and it is still snowing.  No chance of it NOT being a white christmas.  It might warm up a bit more today but the rain we are supposed to get should turn back into snow tonight and the 12-18 inches of snow we have here isn't going to be affected by a few light rain showers.  Sure it is only 12-18 inches of snow.  But that's more than the average yearly total (or close to it it seems).  It is pretty impressive.  Have to put chains on the car to get up our road.  Once off of our dead end the roads get pretty clear.  So we should still finally be able to get out and do some christmas shopping.  

I am excited about the possibility of going to Nats.  Maybe only to race the B race, but who'm I kidding,  I'm going to line up in the age group if I go all the way out there, esp if that ErikV fella lines up.  And hey with the Deschutes brewery in the same town...  oh how great the post season party will be...  Maybe we can pre-order a few bottles of The Abyss as celebratory beverages. 

Congrats to the Women's team chosen for worlds.  Talk about talent and depth.  Compton, Gould, Lloyd, Van gilder, Butler.  That's some solid horsepower.  I dare say by the latest results, they could be the strongest national team there if Compton can avoid the bad luck that struck her last year.

Of course you can't ignore the local NE talent selected in the Junior and U23 pools either.  I have a feeling it will be a great worlds to watch this year, not that it isn't always great to watch.

Yall be good.  

Nadolig Llawen (Merry Christmas).

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