{"id":577,"date":"2017-12-28T17:11:44","date_gmt":"2017-12-28T22:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westerman.photo\/?p=577"},"modified":"2017-12-28T17:11:44","modified_gmt":"2017-12-28T22:11:44","slug":"its-bitter-cold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westerman.photo\/index.php\/2017\/12\/28\/its-bitter-cold\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s bitter cold!"},"content":{"rendered":"

In spite of it being only 19\u00ba today we ventured out for a drive in the countryside towards Shepherdstown, West Virginia. It’s a pretty drive on any given day but most days you want to get out and check things out. Not today really. It was sort of nice to stay in the heated car. But we got out anyway.<\/p>\n

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Helen at the frozen rivers edge.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Olivia cozy in a thick jacket on the C&O Canal path.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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I think we’ll stay out of the water today.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We had brunch at The Mellow Moods Cafe<\/a>\u00a0in town. I’d never been there before. They had a egg and cheese sandwich on sour dough bread that was pretty darned good! And a black iced tea to go along with it. The girls had some chips and guacamole and we were off to the next place.<\/p>\n

The girls went in to “The Good Shop”<\/a>\u00a0to see what kind of things they couldn’t do without in there. We came out of the mostly unscathed. There are a few shops in Shepherdstown that are fun to visit, have some pretty cool stuff in them but I rarely buy things except for food. One of my favorite restaurants there is Betty’s<\/a>. I think it’s appropriate they don’t have a web site and still get 4 stars. I like eating there. The service is good and people are always nice to me. Typical “home” cooking.<\/p>\n

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Helen and Olivia doing digital stuff.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Helen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Chatting at lunch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We came back home via the Shenandoah River bank on the West Virginia side of things. It’s a pretty drive and there are some cool places to get out and visit but no one was really into that because of the cold.<\/p>\n

The air temperature is headed down to single digits tonight so we’ll be close by the fire together. Two of these guys are off on airplanes tomorrow to be in other parts of the United States. It’s a bummer to see them leave but so glad we got this time together as a family.<\/p>\n

More tomorrow. I hope your day was fun too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In spite of it being only 19\u00ba today we ventured out for a drive in the countryside towards Shepherdstown, West Virginia. It’s a pretty drive on any given day but most days you want to get out and check things out. Not today really. It was sort of nice to stay in the heated car. … <\/p>\n

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