Back in Danbury! In the few days we’ve been here we’ve managed to stock the fridge, visit Santa, put up a tree and weather a snowstorm. The second day back was Christmas at the Fort — a historical site called Forts Folle Avoine hosts a holiday event with Santa, a wild rice cafe and sleigh rides. That same day a snowstorm hit but thankfully the Fort is just a mile away so we were able to make it. Later we were able to hang lights on the deck and get the tree up. Being unpracticed at judging the quality of Christmas trees our main criteria was “can we get it on the car”. It turns out you want to pay attention to whether the trunk is drastically curved. By the time the sun was going down the snow was still falling, the wind had picked up, the temperature plummeted and Crystal and I were out on the deck trying to lash down an 8′ tree. Plenty of rope, ratchet straps and some frozen fingers later the tree was anchored!
