Santa Claus is coming... part 2 - "Miss Christmas Cookie"

Det ar sjukt juligt har i New York. - eller sa juligt det kan bli utan sno. Igar var vi och firade lucia pa samma satt som forra aret och det var lika grymmt att hora "glans over sjo och strand" av nagon som faktiskt kan sjunga. Idag var det jul-kaks bakande och sedan dekorerande. Efter bra response pa "name that Jeep" sa finns det nu 12 st finalister i "Miss Jul-kaka USA" att rosta pa.

1. Jul-Gran som ser verklighetstrogen ut

2. MC Echer Jul-spiral

3. Prickig klocka

4. Redneck med daliga tander, gul "wifebeater" och grona lederhosen

5. Kak-gubbe som blivit zombie och har massa blod runt munnen

6. Glad kak-gubbe

7. Julgran som inte ar gron

8. Bikini-kak-brud

9. Modern sno-gubber

10. omodern snogubbe

11. Normal julgran

12. tva-fargad julgran

Tag chansen att rosta fram amerikas vackraste jul-kaka!!!

Santa Claus is coming....

Team OW will celebrate Christmas here in New York. To get into Christmas spirit... The Diva, Grumpy Bear and Lil-Sis all got into (Johnny, Jebus, Jessabel ... those are the 3 finalists for the Jeep) and went to pick up a christmas tree. While Grumpy only occasionally woke up to either 1) complain about people doing things "sub-optimal" 2) bring out his credit card to pay for this "christmas spirit", after a long day of work the result is displayed above... A fine looking fir. If Santa don't come and put presents under this tree I am seriously going to question his standards.

Name that Jeep... (new family member)

For a long time we have know that Sally was getting old. Many years of chain smoking made her lungs sound like like ... well a chainsmoker when she made it up hills. So last weekend we had to put her to sleep. We all remember Sally as an old lady that gave us much pleasure in life and always did her best - sometimes with a little complaining to take us where we needed to go.

Now here is the new Family member. The Jeep - we think we have a name for her/him but are up for any suggestions. So help us name that Jeep.....

Team Davis 4th and 7th on Ladder 5k Run

The Davis sisters did a pretty strong performance on the 2010 Ladder 5 run on Staten Island. Whitney finshed 4th and Amanda on 7th place of the girls. There was age-groups and, all other different categories but it is a little against my principal to report those (like I actually won if only counting foreigners born on Tuesday in even weeks). The full results are here. http://www.nyara.org/nyara_races/2010/mn_race_ladder5.php#results
If the times looks like absolutly aweful for a 5k course it is because this is not your normal 5k course. Whitney usually breaks 20 min on a normal 5k but this one goes over a beach, on a twisty singletrack etc. so it is very hard to compare the time to anything else.

Here is the dynamic duo ready for fight.

TR: Lake Placid Epic Day

Lake Placid ar ju lite av varat favvo-stalle har pa den amerikanska ost-kusten. I alla fall nar det galler ute-liv. 2 ar i rad har vi kunnat aka upp dit for att fira Independence Day... God bless!

Denna gang hade vi planerat ett special-triathlon som vi kallade Lake Placid Epic Day.. och bestod av paddling, Hike/run, och klipp-hoppning.

Har ser vi borjan av paddlingen pa den sodra delen av Lake Placid. I horizonten ser man Whiteface Mountain (5:e hogsta toppen i New York 1,483 meter - ingen 8000meter kippa men har anda sjysst fallhojd.) - varat "mal" eller snarare vand-punkt. Vi startade i Lake Placid och paddlade over sjon till foten av Whiteface mountain ), sedan laste vi kayaken till ett trad och hikade upp till toppen och tillbaka

Pa bilden ovan ar vi antligen pa toppen och lake Placid som vi paddlade over kan synas i bakgrunden. Tyvarr blockar mitt stora huvud stora delar av sjon som vi paddlade over. Under paddlingen tillbaka sa stannade vi vid pulpit rock och hoppade ned i Lake Placid. eller jag gjorde det i alla fall - Whitney avstod for "vattnet verkade laskigt".

Hur som helst blev det en helt fantastisk dag och slut-tiden stannade pa 7h. kanske inte raket-fart men i alla fall en bra start pa rundan Lake Placid - Whiteface t.o.r.

Englands sjukaste hotell

Aven om jag har varit runt lite grann har i varlden vilket mycket av den har bloggen handlar om, sa hojs det ofta pa ogonbrynen nar det kommer fram till att jag aldrig varit pa den lilla on U.K. Som tur sa skulle detta sattas stopp for i och med att jag var tvungen att aka dit pa affars-resa och kika pa lite flyg-plan. Det finns en fordel med affars-resor och det ar resturangerna man ater pa och hotellen som man far bo pa... men detta hotell slar alla rekord. Belaget i ett gammalt herrsate sa har det nu blivit om-gjort till ett four-seasons, med 1000 hektar mark runt och av nagon anledning sa ar rummen inte dyrare an vanliga lyx-hotell rum (fran 2,200 SEK per natt ar nastan helt gratis om man tanker pa att four seasons i New York kostar fran 5,000 SEK per natt). http://www.fourseasons.com/hampshire/

Om man av nagon konstig anledning skulle fa for sig att vilja lagga 2 tuss pa att sova nagonstans sa ar detta helt klart stallet jag rekommenderar... aven om det smarta alternativet alltid ar att campa!!!!.. men som en god 2:a sa tar jag Four Seasons i Hampshire.

The Captain'

The Team has gotten a new member - Captain Sully or "The Captain" for short. The Captain is extremly versatile and can handle almost anything you throw at him. Long grueling uphills or steep rocky downhills it doesn't matter. So far the Captain has worked with the team for a couple of months and both Whitney and Olof are extremely pleased with his work. He works mostly on missions with Whitney but occasionally Olof takes him on a ride too. We expect we are going to be hearing "Brace for impact!" many more times. The picture is Olof and The Captain negotiation a tricky situation with a Boulder in Lake Placid.