Shoot out

Just went to see the Caps play the Devils, and saw another penalty shoot out. The caps lost, sadly, but was a good game! On way home now....

Sweeping up the Leaves

It's autumn, and as the snow has cleared we spent some time clearing up the leaves. We made quite a few piles on our lawns, realising the small drawback of living next to a wood.



It is all worth it however, as the trees are very pretty around here now...

Snow-tober

Crazily, we had snow this weekend. Yesterday was a whiteout, with snow or sleet all day. We ended up getting about one to two inches of snow.

This means in a week the weather went from this:



To this:


To highlight how odd this is, here are Halloween pumpkins covered in snow:



We are also excited about our first Halloween in our new house!

Trip to the National Air and Space Museum

This week, I took my parents on a visit to the air and space museum out at Dulles. I really like this museum, with it's huge hangar chocked full of planes and spaceships.



We also spent ages in the space section:







We got to see the Enterprise shuttle this time. I think next year, they are going to replace it with one of the recently retired shuttle that went into space. I would love to see how they actually move the shuttles into the museum, and whether they drive or fly it into the area. Would be awesome to see the space shuttle being towed along a highway (although maybe its too heavy?).




We saw the enterprise again. Next year, I think they

Autumn Colours

We did some more exploring this weekend, taking my Mum and Dad to Frederick, a near-by town with a museum on Medicine in the civil war. It also has a cool market street, with lots of good shops and places to eat.





Autumn is starting here, and our lake is looking quite pretty. We took an extended walk around it, and are now quite tired,

Parents visiting!

My parents are here this week, and the weather was lovely, so we took them on a trip to Shenandoah. It was a beautiful day, really nice after all the storms. We found a waterfall about 10 miles in...








We also got to show them our new place, and show them around our town!

PS. Sarah wants me to clarify that we drove for ten miles, prior to a slightly shorter hike to find the falls.

Caps win against the Sabres

Sarah and I went to see the ice hockey on Friday. We were lucky to watch the Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-3 in a pre-season game. I also got to see my first in shoot-out in person, with the game going into overtime and being settled on the fifth round of shots. It was a fun game, and nice to go to see before the season starts next week.




The rest of the weekend has been nice and quiet. Our plans for a hike were stymied by perpetual rain yesterday, but at least this finally gave me time to move everything from our basement and set up our den upstairs. It also gave us time to work off the stadium food from Friday night, which I am sure has three times the calories as normal food.