It was a crazy cool weekend. The Midwest has been getting crushed by a super oppressive, deep freeze for quite a while. This past weekend, it warmed UP to freezing. Yea, you read that right…it was in the 30’s and it felt like spring…nice huh?
Friday night, I put in a practice session at my local track. We have the ‘Chi-Town Shootout’ this weekend, so it was good to get some laps in at the dirt track. I ran my brushless & lipo T4 as well as a full mod Hot Bodies Cyclone D4 4wd buggy. The track was full of fire breathing nitro rigs, so practice was a bit hectic, but I’m looking forward to some good racing this weekend.
Well, it was so nice out on Saturday, I decided to break out my ‘Hog’, ha! It’s only a ’round town, super errand go-getter machine, but fun either way.
Sunday, my daughter and I hit the epic, Midwest slopes for a snowboarding session. Of course, the Midwest isn’t known for killer skiing, but it was fun to get out. We went to Alpine Valley in alpinevalley1.jpg southeast Wisconsin. Alpine Valley is also a concert venue in the summer months, and is unfortunately known as the sight of guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughn’s tragic helicopter accident in 1990. Alpine Valley can be a dangerous place even these days…there was just a confirmed mountain lion sighting in this area. That ain’t normal for these parts! As if that isn’t strange enough, there were a bunch of strange ant looking things on the snow. When have you seen ants antalpine1.jpg in the middle of a ski hill? Wisconsin is strange….
