Wednesday night I got into Shreveport with EEE, so yesterday was my first full day relaxing in LA. It was hot (about 85f and 90% humidity) and sunny during the afternoon, so after doing some work for work I dug up a couple stumps in the yard and setup a slackline. The slackline gave me a hard time — I think because it was a pretty lengthy one. I plan on setting one up again today and will use trees closer together.
The weather is a little finicky. I left the slackline up last night until I heard some louder sounds of tree branches rustling and decided maybe I should take it down. Not 10 minutes later it started pouring down rain. I spent the rest of the evening tying lots of different knots with my webbing and visiting with EEE’s family.
I’m letting EEE plan our days, suggesting only the few things I want. Today that means getting beignets and cafe au lait but I’ll have to wait until later to get that wish as we have some errands to run this morning.
Daddio
May 25th, 2007 at 12:01 pm
Good to hear from you while you’re vacationing, J!
What is the tying knots in webbing about? I know the webbing is for stretching out between trees and playing on, but why the knots?
Christopher M.
May 25th, 2007 at 12:02 pm
Jc, what are bingets? Is it a local thing.
David Danger
May 25th, 2007 at 2:31 pm
How fitting: the slacker slacking on his slack line! Remember, back straight, knees slightly bent. Slack on!
Christopher M.
May 25th, 2007 at 7:26 pm
Jc, how far apart are the anchor points on the slackline?
Jill
May 25th, 2007 at 9:43 pm
Chad has a slackline……I have to admit, it’s quite tough!! We haven’t used it in quite a while though. I have some old pics somewhere on my blog of us doing it in the Keys around New Years a couple years ago. BTW– I believe the proper spelling is beignets and man, I am jealous. We used to have a beignet place here in Tampa, but it closed. Now if we want them, we have to make them ourselves. Good thing Cafe du Monde sells their mix online!
Christopher M.
May 25th, 2007 at 9:54 pm
What does a beignet taste like?
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beignets)
Jill
May 26th, 2007 at 2:28 am
It tastes like a doughnut with powdered sugar on top. Except it’s a square doughnut. And Jason, I don’t know if this applies to Shreveport beignet virgins, but New Orleans beignet virgins get the powdered sugar blown all over them, so beware!!