Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Snow!

Yep, that's right... it has snowed in the East Bay! Our latest frigid weather has brought us one nice thing... snow on the top of Mt. Diablo! And not just a light dusting that quickly melted... it dumped 6 inches and today I can still see it up there!



Last night Coach Gary led us on a Holiday Buddy Run in that frigid weather! We have a bigger crowd than usual thanks to a couple of mentors who moved their run over to Heather Farms for the special occasion. :) We had a bunch of people show up in Santa hats and even garland! We started out along the trail as we usually do, but at Oak Grove, we turned right off the trail and then left onto Peachwillow. There are a bunch of houses in that neighborhood with very colorful lights and Christmas decorations, but there was one house in particular that we were going to. After turning on Peachwillow, we took a right onto Candleberry and saw the most insanely decorated house I've ever seen! Every single inch of this house, lawn and trees are covered with lights, decorations, ornaments, presents, and even a little train. For a few minutes, it was enough to make us forgot how cold we were! I can't imagine how long it took them to put that all up, and what their PG&E bill is for the month of December! We all oohed and ahhhed, took some pictures, and then made our way back to Heather Farms!



2 comments:

Sylvia said...

Happy, happy, birthday, Liv!! Check out MY blog later this evening (when Dad can help me with the photo :D)...Running at night in the snow and the cold... Yes, you are ALL awesome runners!! Luv u, Mom

Amy said...

Happy Birthday Ms. Olivia! I hope you had a wonderful bday!

Bummer that I missed the run last night. Maybe we can run the same way next week - and maybe it'll be warmer! :)