January 1-5

New Years Day fell on a Wednesday in 2014, first time for that since 2003. With wall-to-wall college football and a hockey game on TV there was no reason to go anywhere. On Thursday morning it was much colder than earlier in the week, I was with Jenny in Quarryville for lunch. There was snow in the forecast, it arrived in mid-afternoon and by nightfall it was WHITE outside. McCaskey's girls basketball team was supposed to play at home but the game was postponed. This was a rescheduled game from an earlier postponement, when it is finally played it will be a makeup of a makeup. By Friday morning the storm was over, the temperatures were in single digits with wind chill factors below zero. Got word early on that our basketball game for the evening was called off since the schools were closed, it was tentatively reset for January 9. That news effectively ended the day, I decided to clean off and warm up my car so it wouldn't sit all day in the cold. Saturday finally saw some noteworthy activity, after a lunch visit with Jenny we made our final visit of the regular season to Hershey for AHL hockey. I was a season ticket holder there for many years, that ended with the advent of the Royals in 2001. On this night two of the AHL's most venerable franchises met as the Bears (established 1938) hosted the Rochester Americans (since 1956). In the wacky world of minor league sports longevity of that nature is almost unheard of. Two players who have spent time with the Royals in '13-14 were in uniform for the Bears, Dustin Gazley played a regular shift and Riley Gill served as backup goaltender. The Bears won the game 5-1. Travel coming and going wasn't much of an issue, I just stuck to the main roads and avoided my usual shortcuts. Sunday featured freezing rain just about all day, there was nothing on the schedule which given the weather was just as well.The coming week should be busy providing the weather cooperates. Take care, thanks for reading.