Comments on: Back Again! http://lauraonice.com/2007/12/06/back-again/ Laura's adventures at the bottom of the world... Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:27:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Laura http://lauraonice.com/2007/12/06/back-again/#comment-110 Laura Tue, 11 Dec 2007 02:47:07 +0000 http://lauraonice.com/2007/12/06/back-again/#comment-110 Yep, we've got lots of things here besides bowling - there's a nine-hole disc golf course, climbing wall, bouldering cave and baseball field - of course, half the time the baseball field has milvans on it, and the place where the boys play rugby is really just a parking lot most of the time. The Kiwis have a ski hill with a rope tow, too, but it's off limits to us for the moment. Thank our paranoid and litigious society for that one. It's been really nice here - sunny, not too windy and between 20 and 30 degrees. Seals came out to Hut Point yesterday, so the sea ice must be breaking up. It should go out altogether when the icebreaker Oden comes in early January. Yep, we’ve got lots of things here besides bowling - there’s a nine-hole disc golf course, climbing wall, bouldering cave and baseball field - of course, half the time the baseball field has milvans on it, and the place where the boys play rugby is really just a parking lot most of the time.

The Kiwis have a ski hill with a rope tow, too, but it’s off limits to us for the moment. Thank our paranoid and litigious society for that one.

It’s been really nice here - sunny, not too windy and between 20 and 30 degrees. Seals came out to Hut Point yesterday, so the sea ice must be breaking up. It should go out altogether when the icebreaker Oden comes in early January.

]]> By: Lisa http://lauraonice.com/2007/12/06/back-again/#comment-108 Lisa Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:51:21 +0000 http://lauraonice.com/2007/12/06/back-again/#comment-108 Hah, bowling in Antarctica, now I've seen it all! Unless of course you start bowling for penguins then I'll start to be worried. Wow, 24 hour days, amazing. That would be cool to experience but I can certainly understand how it could mess with ya. I suppose that means the bay ice will be melting soon? Winter has finally arrived here in Colorado after an unusually long streak of warm dry weather (we've been in the 60s for most of November!) Though I'm sure our current 24 degree weather would be like a balmy summer day down there! Ciao bella! Lisa Hah, bowling in Antarctica, now I’ve seen it all! Unless of course you start bowling for penguins then I’ll start to be worried.

Wow, 24 hour days, amazing. That would be cool to experience but I can certainly understand how it could mess with ya. I suppose that means the bay ice will be melting soon?

Winter has finally arrived here in Colorado after an unusually long streak of warm dry weather (we’ve been in the 60s for most of November!) Though I’m sure our current 24 degree weather would be like a balmy summer day down there!

Ciao bella!
Lisa

]]> By: Dave http://lauraonice.com/2007/12/06/back-again/#comment-106 Dave Thu, 06 Dec 2007 23:06:41 +0000 http://lauraonice.com/2007/12/06/back-again/#comment-106 Heh heh ... no, Jason, they wear velcro on their feet to keep from falling off, didn't you hear? So it looks like you're finally warmer than us again - although only by three degrees. We're finally getting the snow here in upstate; it's impressive (and so is the cleanup). They're good about keeping the roads in driveable shape, but it's still a real change. Nothing as outright disconcerting as the lack of stars - unless you count the perpetual overcast. (I did see blue today!) I suppose if you want a level playng field, there's always curling! -- Dave Heh heh … no, Jason, they wear velcro on their feet to keep from falling off, didn’t you hear?

So it looks like you’re finally warmer than us again - although only by three degrees. We’re finally getting the snow here in upstate; it’s impressive (and so is the cleanup). They’re good about keeping the roads in driveable shape, but it’s still a real change. Nothing as outright disconcerting as the lack of stars - unless you count the perpetual overcast. (I did see blue today!)

I suppose if you want a level playng field, there’s always curling!

— Dave

]]> By: Jason Rasmussen http://lauraonice.com/2007/12/06/back-again/#comment-105 Jason Rasmussen Thu, 06 Dec 2007 20:27:03 +0000 http://lauraonice.com/2007/12/06/back-again/#comment-105 Well there you are, I figured you fell off the face of the planet down there where gravity is only 1/4 what it is on the rest of the planet? Oh wait, did I get my facts wrong? Oh well, it's been known to happen, from time to time... Well there you are, I figured you fell off the face of the planet down there where gravity is only 1/4 what it is on the rest of the planet? Oh wait, did I get my facts wrong? Oh well, it’s been known to happen, from time to time…

]]> By: Mini Freak http://lauraonice.com/2007/12/06/back-again/#comment-103 Mini Freak Thu, 06 Dec 2007 12:30:47 +0000 http://lauraonice.com/2007/12/06/back-again/#comment-103 Looks like you're bowling pumpkins! Can't wait to see the picture of the Xmas tree. TA CAO Good to hear from you Sunday last. Looks like you’re bowling pumpkins! Can’t wait to see the picture of the Xmas tree.
TA CAO Good to hear from you Sunday last.

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