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Jan. 31st, 2009
Carnaval des Neiges
Jan. 31st, 2009 06:18 pmThis is a backdated entry. No idea if it'll show up. Normally I don't bother with this feature, but since we're switching months I'm trying to keep things in order.
Anyway, yesterday was exhausting, if a lot of fun. I went to the Carnaval des Neiges with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
mellybean71 and sultrysong, accompanied by Th'Boy (their son) and Th'Teen (their niece, currently residing with them). It was a very cold, very sunny day. The kind that makes walking outside both a whole lot of fun and a whole lot of unpleasant if you're not wearing the right kind of gear.
I wore my rainbow hat and mittens, and thus served as a locator beacon for anyone who got separated from the group.
We mostly walked around, while Th'Boy hurled himself at various snowbanks with furious abandon, climbed natural and man-made obstacles, and ate his weight in sugar and sundry other things. We met up with some Cub leaders (or Scout leaders? I forget which kind) who plied us with marshmallows roasting in a fire.
There were people in REALLY scary costumes: a giant polar bear whose head kept threatening to fall off, smaller brown bears wearing purple and fuschia waistcoats and tu-tus with SPANGLES, and other vaguely generic-but-scary-looking elf things. I'm not sure who thought those costumes were a good plan, but what you do?
We stopped briefly for hot dogs, and I had some very tasty hot chocolate and the most delicious chocolate swirly bun EVER. It was piping hot and melty, and I just about died right on the spot from the sheer heavenliness.
Thoroughly frozen, we spent the last hour and a half of our visit at the Biosphere, to which I'd never been before. It's been modernized, and has some really cool activities for kids. I was very glad that it was free for the duration of the carnival, because I'm quite sure I wouldn't want to spend $10 on it: just not worth it. The exhibit and activities can be made to last 45 minutes or so (and are very obviously geared toward children and young teens), but the other 45 minutes were spent waiting in line so the kids could have their photos taken in a kayak in front of the picture of an iceberg.sultrysong and I had a coffee and chatted at a nearby table while we wait, which was really nice, as we hadn't had a chance to just sit and chat in a really long time.
Nonetheless, the experience was educational. I learned some new things about icebergs and about the Jacques Cartier bridge, and there was a cool fish tank (several cool fish tanks, actually) with an eel in it. The poor eel was looking pretty dejected, but it was still cool.
Once everyone was drooping with fatigue we walked back to the car (there were a few detours while we stopped again to chat with the Cub leaders, then some of us took a wrong turn back to the car) andmellybean71 stayed at my place for coffee, popcorn, and some ASL practice in anticipation of my test on Monday.
And that was my Saturday! It's always nice to have an entire day off to just hang out with friends. It was a good time.
Anyway, yesterday was exhausting, if a lot of fun. I went to the Carnaval des Neiges with
mellybean71 and sultrysong, accompanied by Th'Boy (their son) and Th'Teen (their niece, currently residing with them). It was a very cold, very sunny day. The kind that makes walking outside both a whole lot of fun and a whole lot of unpleasant if you're not wearing the right kind of gear.I wore my rainbow hat and mittens, and thus served as a locator beacon for anyone who got separated from the group.
We mostly walked around, while Th'Boy hurled himself at various snowbanks with furious abandon, climbed natural and man-made obstacles, and ate his weight in sugar and sundry other things. We met up with some Cub leaders (or Scout leaders? I forget which kind) who plied us with marshmallows roasting in a fire.
There were people in REALLY scary costumes: a giant polar bear whose head kept threatening to fall off, smaller brown bears wearing purple and fuschia waistcoats and tu-tus with SPANGLES, and other vaguely generic-but-scary-looking elf things. I'm not sure who thought those costumes were a good plan, but what you do?
We stopped briefly for hot dogs, and I had some very tasty hot chocolate and the most delicious chocolate swirly bun EVER. It was piping hot and melty, and I just about died right on the spot from the sheer heavenliness.
Thoroughly frozen, we spent the last hour and a half of our visit at the Biosphere, to which I'd never been before. It's been modernized, and has some really cool activities for kids. I was very glad that it was free for the duration of the carnival, because I'm quite sure I wouldn't want to spend $10 on it: just not worth it. The exhibit and activities can be made to last 45 minutes or so (and are very obviously geared toward children and young teens), but the other 45 minutes were spent waiting in line so the kids could have their photos taken in a kayak in front of the picture of an iceberg.
sultrysong and I had a coffee and chatted at a nearby table while we wait, which was really nice, as we hadn't had a chance to just sit and chat in a really long time.Nonetheless, the experience was educational. I learned some new things about icebergs and about the Jacques Cartier bridge, and there was a cool fish tank (several cool fish tanks, actually) with an eel in it. The poor eel was looking pretty dejected, but it was still cool.
Once everyone was drooping with fatigue we walked back to the car (there were a few detours while we stopped again to chat with the Cub leaders, then some of us took a wrong turn back to the car) and
mellybean71 stayed at my place for coffee, popcorn, and some ASL practice in anticipation of my test on Monday.And that was my Saturday! It's always nice to have an entire day off to just hang out with friends. It was a good time.
