Chez PLJ

Jon and Laura bank tightly. Sorry for the bad composition—I was up to my midriff in a snowbank and could barely see over the course wall.

Off we headed to Chelsea Quebec last weekend, for our annual luge-and-computer-tech-support weekend extravaganza. As always, Jon loved the luge part, getting about 20 runs in.

It was a nice break for all of us, save Photon. Yes, you’d think hanging out on a large plot of land with plenty of forest would be relaxing for her, but she’s a bit of a worrier, and Keski, our hosts’ younger dog, just couldn’t help but constantly expect her to play. So Photon never could really settle, even overnight.

Keski pursues Photon—but this year Keski is bigger and tries to stay close! (Compare to last year!)

Along with a great couple of luge sessions (now with more banking turns!), Paul and Judy invited 11 kids (plus their two, plus ours) over for broomball. In the -25°C evening. It was great, though we had to pull out about halfway into the game when Jon’s wheelchair wheel dropped off!

Jon digs the side of the boards on Paul’s fully lit backyard rink (but no raising your stick when you get a goal!)

(Entirely my fault: I had detached one wheel for better packing for the ride up; the chair has an easy system for that. But the system is mechanically hydraulic, and since I had stored the wheelchair overnight in the cold car ’til shortly before game time, the catches were too lugubrious to fasten securely. It held—purely mechanically—for 30 minutes without a problem, but as we started getting cockier, and spun into the corner to intercept a wayward pass, we pushed the join too much.)

So Jon was effectively benched for the rest of the game. Mind you, first into the warm clubhouse meant benefits: Jon’s first-ever Wagon Wheel (or here) treat was awaiting, and he stuffed it down happily!)

Thanks Paul and Judy and Jamie and Willa, and yes, Keski too!