Finally something exciting enough happened to get me writing. This weekend Adrienne and Xavier came up to visit Cely and I in Eau Claire. It was a great weekend to visit. Saturday Barack Obama was on the campus of UW Eau Claire for a rally and we had great weather for cross country skiing. Xavier wanted to ski up here, which was great because I probably would have missed going but for his incentive.
The Obama rally was standing room only in Zorn Arena. He was an inspiring orator and the crowd was excited to see him. We waited in line for two and a half hours before we got in. The line spread out from Zorn Arena down past the bridge and the Library, past the dorms and half way up the hill to upper campus. Xavier was pretty excited to see the rally. I thought it was great that Obama came to campus on the very weekend that Xavier visited. And I really wanted to hear Obama talk. I had hoped that we could see him one of the times we were in the QC but this was even better.
On Sunday we went out to Beaver Creek Recreation area to go cross country skiing. I have only gone cross country skiing once before and that was about 30 years ago in Leadville, Co. Beaver Creek was great. It was snowing as we started out and the temperature was in the 20s. A perfect day. Part way through our ski we stopped for a sandwich that Cely had sent with us. Cely stayed home and made lasagna for us when we got home. Adrienne made a special request for the lasagna. There are more pictures from the rally and from our little ski trip on Flickr.
