Snowland

Well, the return to OJ was met by lots of house husbandry!

I had no idea I had left so much to do when I went to work – oh well, you get that on the big jobs!

I spent a bit of time tinkering to get the two vintage Italians ready for their yearly registration check. As part of this process I ended up pulling the blinkers off the Mighty Lamb & replacing the practical mirrors with the rather sexy chrome jobbies that arrived with him when the Silver Surfer & Him came in from Vietnam.

Yep, not as practical, & not required for registration; but it looks a lot sexier & to be honest, the Lambretta doesn’t see a lot of action these days, so it is not a huge issue as far as I am concerned. This little bit of tinkering successfully got my scooter  rocks off for a time, but with snow forecast, that was as much as I was prepared to do.

Friday night brought news that, due to a blast of antarctic air, that snow was expected down to 1000m... The center of Orange is at 850m & our house is a shade under 900m, so it was going to be a cold weekend!

Anyway, the highlight of the long & cold weekend was heading up to Mount Canobolas. When it snows, it seems the entire population of the OJ district jumps in their cars & proceeds to drive up the mountain to freeze in the fresh snow & throw snow balls at each other!

Of course, the road to the top of the mountain was shut, but we made it as far as we could. It was still very snowy & Benny & Danny were intent on calling the area Snowland…

Benny & Danny - otherwise Known As the Silly Boys. As cold as they were they did not want to get back in the car!

The silly boys loved it & especially loved throwing the snow at me… The Child Bride & Alissa the Sensible wisely sat in the nice warm car!

The Sensible Alissa & The Child Bride - snug inside the car

Some of my fellow Orangers; similarly dressed for the cold & loving every bit of it!You can just make out the locked gate to keep us hill-billies from hurting ourselves by trying the drive to the top of the Mountain in these condition!

Yep, my foot, squashing some snow...

Anyway, at least the five cups of hot chocolate on the way home were nice (and suitably alpine!) Sunday was just as cold; not much doing… oh well, sometimes it is nice to take a break, sit back & relax!

The snow made a big impression on the Silly Boys as they kept on asking: Dad, when are we going back to Snowland!

Relaxation is good!

So Mote it be

Leigh