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Cross training ... of sorts

We're in the midst of some unseasonably warm weather here in the St. Louis area, but I won't be able to take advantage of it for cycling until Friday.

But thanks to the ice storm that hit our region two weeks ago, I got a good workout in yesterday and today at my mom's farm near Brighton, Ill.

The ice storm completely knocked down two redbud trees and a walnut tree and littered dozens of limbs from other trees on my mom's yard, so I spend much of yesterday afternoon and this morning picking up limbs and piling them on a brush pile. I took care of most of the big stuff, except for the tree limbs that require a chain saw, while I left the smaller sticks for my sisters, my brothers-in-law and my nieces and nephew to pick up.

All those hours I spent as a child picking up limbs for brush piles definitely came in handy!

When everything's picked up, we'll have ourselves a little bonfire so the kids can roast some hot dogs and marshmallows, probably when everyone's in town for Christmas.

Labels: winter

Roger 0 comments 1:47 PM