Our Hike
March 3-- Well, I hope you enjoyed our 8 minutes of sunshine because now we're expecting something like 20 feet of snow! We're going to start out with freezing rain and sleet though, so make sure you enjoy that before moving on to the main course.
For our brief freak of nature known as the sun, my wife thought it would fun to pack up our 3 year old and pry our 12 year old from the Playstation and go on a HIKE!
My oldest son expressed the same excitement as the time he had to get a tetanus shot. My 3 year old had never been on a hike and didn't know what to expect, but given that his legs are only about 14 inches long I knew that this was going to be a true family memory.
We drove out to this place that we'd never been to called "Castlewood State Park." Sounded sort of regal--but it wasn't!
Within minutes it became quite obvious that this living hell known as Winter had dropped the IQ of everybody in this freezing city lower than the wind chill.
Most of the wording on the signs in Castlewood State Park included visuals. This is fine I suppose if you're illiterate or visiting from Uruguay, but the messages themselves seemed to suggest that most of the visitors to Castlewood State Park were not the sharpest knives in the drawer.
For example, this sign features friendly silhouettes of a Father (I hope) holding hands with a little girl as they walk down the middle of a train track. The message reads "Railroad Tracks Are Not Trails And Not Part Of The Park."
Well, thank YOU for pointing THAT out! I looked around for other signs warning against Trapeze Swinging From Electrical Lines and Jumping Into The River With Bricks In Your Pockets and then decided it was time for us to go.
The next time the sun comes out for a few seconds I'M making the plans, and it involves sitting in my backyard with a cold beer.
I mentioned on Friday how Scott The Window Guy saved my life. As we all know, Another Day In The Gray also means another day of darkness. However, the windows in my studio are old and made things darker than usual. As a result, I found myself crying a lot.
So, I got in touch with my buddy Scott The Window Guy and he replaced my studio windows in no time! Now, when I sit at my drawing board gazing at the St. Louis sky I see this--
Thanks Scott! He'll be happy to help you too, I bet! Give him a quick call at 314-280-6241. Hey, I'm selling out!!
Get those shovels and a buttload of salt ready because the Thunder Snow is on the way!
Until next time I hope you survive Another Day In The Gray!
For our brief freak of nature known as the sun, my wife thought it would fun to pack up our 3 year old and pry our 12 year old from the Playstation and go on a HIKE!
My oldest son expressed the same excitement as the time he had to get a tetanus shot. My 3 year old had never been on a hike and didn't know what to expect, but given that his legs are only about 14 inches long I knew that this was going to be a true family memory.
We drove out to this place that we'd never been to called "Castlewood State Park." Sounded sort of regal--but it wasn't!
Within minutes it became quite obvious that this living hell known as Winter had dropped the IQ of everybody in this freezing city lower than the wind chill.
Most of the wording on the signs in Castlewood State Park included visuals. This is fine I suppose if you're illiterate or visiting from Uruguay, but the messages themselves seemed to suggest that most of the visitors to Castlewood State Park were not the sharpest knives in the drawer.
For example, this sign features friendly silhouettes of a Father (I hope) holding hands with a little girl as they walk down the middle of a train track. The message reads "Railroad Tracks Are Not Trails And Not Part Of The Park."
Well, thank YOU for pointing THAT out! I looked around for other signs warning against Trapeze Swinging From Electrical Lines and Jumping Into The River With Bricks In Your Pockets and then decided it was time for us to go.
The next time the sun comes out for a few seconds I'M making the plans, and it involves sitting in my backyard with a cold beer.
I mentioned on Friday how Scott The Window Guy saved my life. As we all know, Another Day In The Gray also means another day of darkness. However, the windows in my studio are old and made things darker than usual. As a result, I found myself crying a lot.
So, I got in touch with my buddy Scott The Window Guy and he replaced my studio windows in no time! Now, when I sit at my drawing board gazing at the St. Louis sky I see this--
Thanks Scott! He'll be happy to help you too, I bet! Give him a quick call at 314-280-6241. Hey, I'm selling out!!
Get those shovels and a buttload of salt ready because the Thunder Snow is on the way!
Until next time I hope you survive Another Day In The Gray!
One of your better writings. I laughed all the way. Oh well now we get ready for the white crap. fear not Daylite saving time starts sunday a.m. Mar 9. Isn' that great.
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I really understand about Castlewood Park .When I first got to St. Louis in 1980 we went out to fish and hike but it was so hard to get to the water through all the carnivorous vines that we just went home with no fish,no hike-just mosquito bites and shoes full of mud!You were lucky because they didn't any of those cute graphic signs then except the beer bottle one.I guess they up graded to NEW stupid signs just for you.Great huh! I am so sick of winter. We seem to have had more of this year and more on the way,we are going to get more weather whether we want it or not.I could really handle a sign showing a big pile of snow and ice with a nice big REDLINE THROUGH IT!!!What about the rest of you? But then i'm bitter. I was involved in a three pile up on Manchester tonight. How about a sign that indicates no sudden stops in the middle of the block when there isn't even anywhere to freakin turn!!As number three I'll probably be sent a ticket in the mail,my car insurance will double and I'll be amking payments on a car I am not even sure they can fix. They loaded it on a dolly while I sat in shock whimpering.I love my car....Anyway I think you experience was better than mine today and deffinitely a lot funnier!!!
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3/4 At 11:05 - this REALLY REALLY SUCKS!!
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Anybody got sled dogs???!!! woof woof
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I feel bad for you folks having the crappy weather, our weather sucks too. Misery loves company and all that.
People will do some stupid things around railroad tracks, sometimes ignoring signs that are even more pointed than the ones you saw: "Stay off! Stay away! Stay alive!" When confronted, they'll say something like "Well, I'm not *sleeping* on the track like those girls last summer!" That would be a reference to the two bubblegummers who were injured while, yes, really: SLEEPING ON THE TRACK.
Galactically stupid.
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