The Dude says, "Merry New Year!"
I’m sure the Creek wasn’t quiet this past weekend, but it wasn’t humankind that was making any noise. At least none that we know of. Christmas being on the weekend makes it difficult to get to the Creek. Work all week, and enjoy the holiday on the weekend with the family. It’s not a bad thing. I always enjoy Christmas and New Year’s in the middle of the week, you get some time off of work to celebrate and still make a run to the Creek on the weekends. But it was nice to enjoy Christmas Eve on Saturday, Christmas on Sunday, and still have a day off on Monday. That is how it worked for me, I hope you had the same set of circumstances.
I hope Christmas was as good for you as it was for me and the Brown Family. With all the medical problems we have endured with my mother, she broke out of the nursing home and moved in with my sister DB. The Dude is there, too. We all went to Angy’s sister Faye’s to see Angy’s family on Saturday evening, and then to my sister Donna’s on Sunday to be with my family. It was just like old times, except we are all getting older and Merry Christmas’s are getting harder to come by each year. This year was good for both our families.
Our heart and prayers go to the Elsener family, Jean wasn’t able to break out of the nursing home, so Christmas wasn’t as good as it could have been. Hopefully, the New Year will see better times.
Angy and I won’t be at the Creek this weekend, check with Zugs, he might be out on a reduced visit or might see the New Year at the Creek! Last year, we went to the Creek on New Year’s Eve–Eve, the night before New Year’s Eve. That is when we found out someone broke into the LoveShack and robbed us. Hopefully, our next trip to the Creek will be uneventful. The year before that, Sner, Lucky Luke, Ross, and I were in New Orleans for the Sugar Bowl, and the year before that we all were in Miami at the Orange Bowl.
This year is different. Sner, Lucky Luke, and Ross are going to Memphis to see the Bearcats plat Vandy at the Liberty Bowl on Saturday. Angy and I decided we were going to bring in the New Year at a vacation hot spot: Green Bay, Wisconsin. We plan on celebrating New Year’s Eve in downtown Green Bay, then enjoy New Year’s Day with a few friends: 65,000 fans watching the Green Bay Packers play the Lions at Lambeau Field. We have been there before, but not on New Year’s Day and not for a game. We were hoping for a 16-0 perfect season, but that was blown a couple of games ago. The game will be on TV, watch for Angy and me 17 rows off the field in the left corner of the end zone. We will be the ones dressed in Green with a big ”G” on our parka.
Back to the Creek. We will be back to enjoy the Winter at the Creek. We have seen some frosty mornings, but no snow yet. I’m sure its coming, and we’ll be there to have fun on the four wheeler, hiking the trails (they are beautiful in the snow), walking across the frozen pond, and building big fires to keep warm. It may sound crazy, but you better be ready to get your snow fun in, it won’t be long, less than 60 days, and it will be March. It goes really quick after the holidays. December was sweatshirt weather without any snow, we keep this up and we won’t even have a Winter. I think it will get here—and when it does we will have fun.
Except for a trip to Lake Hope in February, there should be someone at the Creek every weekend until Spring. Come and get outside and play with us, it’s healthy and it’s fun. We’ll be watching for you. Come to the Creek!
Happy New Year from the Browns
