{"id":1125,"date":"2020-12-31T11:02:31","date_gmt":"2020-12-31T18:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/janetcrum.com\/?p=1125"},"modified":"2020-12-31T11:02:31","modified_gmt":"2020-12-31T18:02:31","slug":"new-years-eve-time-travel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/2020\/12\/31\/new-years-eve-time-travel\/","title":{"rendered":"New Year&#8217;s Eve time travel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Husband: &#8220;So, what are we doing for New Year&#8217;s Eve?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Me: &#8220;Well, I hear the living room is nice this time of year.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To be fair, I&#8217;m trying to remember the last time I was up at midnight on New Year&#8217;s Eve, and&#8230; well&#8230; hmm&#8230; OK, I got nuthin&#8217;. But sometimes we do travel this time of year or do, you know, *something* that involves leaving the house, even if we are home and asleep by 10 PM. This year? Well, I hear the living room is nice this time of year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So what&#8217;s a bored blogger to do? Dig through the archives of years past, of course. Let&#8217;s climb in the Wayback Machine and set our course for 2005. I don&#8217;t have any pictures from New Year&#8217;s Eve, but the day before that, we were in Leavenworth (Washington, not the prison. Haven&#8217;t I mentioned at least a few times on here that I am incredibly boring?) Anyway, here we are in Leavenworth, a village in Central Washington known for being Christmasy: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/dscn0210.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/dscn0210.jpg?w=768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/dscn0210.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>The husband takes aim at either the child or me. Probably the child. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/dscn0209.jpg?resize=960%2C720&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/dscn0209.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/dscn0209.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/dscn0209.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption>Looks like the child is seeking revenge. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/dscn0213.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/dscn0213.jpg?w=768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/dscn0213.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>Look at all those germ-producing humans, and not a mask in sight. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/dscn0214.jpg?resize=960%2C720&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/dscn0214.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/dscn0214.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/dscn0214.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption>Heartwarming scene of commercialized Christmas.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You know how I was trying a few paragraphs ago to remember the last time I was up at midnight on New Year&#8217;s Eve? Well, this might have been it. 2006, Y&amp;T in Santa Clara, and Kristy and I were in the front row. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/p1010134.jpg?w=960&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1137\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/p1010153.jpg?w=960&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1139\" \/><figcaption>Nothing says rock &#8216;n roll like balloons.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>2007, and we were back to acting like old farts by ringing in the new year with: Monopoly. Any of you who know me IRL can tell which token is mine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/p1050873.jpg?resize=324%2C242&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1141\" width=\"324\" height=\"242\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s twiddle the dials on the Wayback Machine and skip ahead to: 2010. New Year&#8217;s Eve was memorable that year, because we were in the coldest place in the lower 48. Northern Montana? Nope. Hole in the Road, North Dakota? Bzzzt. We were in&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wait for it&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arizona.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Really.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The coldest temperature on New Year&#8217;s Eve 2010 in the lower 48 states was -30F, recorded at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon&#8211;and we were there. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/img_0415-cropped.jpg?resize=344%2C512&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1143\" width=\"344\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/img_0415-cropped.jpg?w=1389&amp;ssl=1 1389w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/img_0415-cropped.jpg?resize=201%2C300&amp;ssl=1 201w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/img_0415-cropped.jpg?resize=686%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 686w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 344px) 100vw, 344px\" \/><figcaption>This is the face a Californian makes when confronted with temperatures more appropriate to the Arctic Circle. Imagine a thought bubble above my head containing just 3 letters. W T F.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/img_0418.jpg?w=960&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1145\" \/><figcaption>My son is somewhere under all those wrappings. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Scenes like these made it almost worth braving the cold&#8230; Almost. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/img_0424.jpg?w=960&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1148\" \/><figcaption>Snowy afternoon at the Canyon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/img_0556.jpg?w=960&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1146\" \/><figcaption>Snowy Grand Canyon near sunset<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Apparently the cold wasn&#8217;t enough to scare me off, because three years later, we moved to Northern Arizona. Our first New Years Eve in our Flagstaff home looked like this: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/snow-new-years-eve-001.jpg?w=960&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1150\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And&#8230; that&#8217;s it. If a year isn&#8217;t featured here, it was even less interesting than the years that are featured here. Because I am boring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I hope that wherever you are, you are safe, healthy, warm, and comfortable on this last day of 2020. May 2021 treat us all better. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Happy New Year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Husband: &#8220;So, what are we doing for New Year&#8217;s Eve?&#8221; Me: &#8220;Well, I hear the living room is nice this time of year.&#8221; To be fair, I&#8217;m trying to remember the last time I was up at midnight on New Year&#8217;s Eve, and&#8230; well&#8230; hmm&#8230; OK, I got nuthin&#8217;. But sometimes we do travel this time of year or do, you know, *something* that involves leaving the house, even if we are home and asleep by 10 PM. This year? Well, I hear the living room is nice this time of year. So what&#8217;s a bored blogger to do? Dig through the archives of years past, of course. Let&#8217;s climb in the Wayback Machine and set our course for 2005. I don&#8217;t have any pictures from New Year&#8217;s Eve, but the day before that, we were in Leavenworth (Washington, not the prison. 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But sometimes we do travel this time of year or do, you know, *something* that involves leaving the house, even if we are home and asleep by 10 PM. This year? Well, I hear the living room is nice this time of year. So what&#8217;s a bored blogger to do? Dig through the archives of years past, of course. Let&#8217;s climb in the Wayback Machine and set our course for 2005. I don&#8217;t have any pictures from New Year&#8217;s Eve, but the day before that, we were in Leavenworth (Washington, not the prison. Haven&#8217;t I mentioned at least a few times on here that I am incredibly boring?) Anyway, here we are in Leavenworth, a village in Central Washington known for being Christmasy: You know how I was trying a few paragraphs ago to remember the last time I was up at midnight on New Year&#8217;s Eve? Well, this might have been it. 2006, Y&amp;T in Santa Clara, and Kristy and I were in the front row. 2007, and we were back to acting like old farts by ringing in the new year with: Monopoly. Any of you who know me IRL can tell which token is mine. Let&#8217;s twiddle the dials on the Wayback Machine and skip ahead to: 2010. New Year&#8217;s Eve was memorable that year, because we were in the coldest place in the lower 48. Northern Montana? Nope. Hole in the Road, North Dakota? Bzzzt. We were in&#8230; Wait for it&#8230; Arizona. Yes. Really. The coldest temperature on New Year&#8217;s Eve 2010 in the lower 48 states was -30F, recorded at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon&#8211;and we were there. Scenes like these made it almost worth braving the cold&#8230; Almost. Apparently the cold wasn&#8217;t enough to scare me off, because three years later, we moved to Northern Arizona. Our first New Years Eve in our Flagstaff home looked like this: And&#8230; that&#8217;s it. If a year isn&#8217;t featured here, it was even less interesting than the years that are featured here. Because I am boring. I hope that wherever you are, you are safe, healthy, warm, and comfortable on this last day of 2020. May 2021 treat us all better. Happy New Year!","og_url":"https:\/\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/2020\/12\/31\/new-years-eve-time-travel\/","og_site_name":"Janet Alcorn","article_published_time":"2020-12-31T18:02:31+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/janetalcorn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/dscn0210.jpg?w=768","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Janet Alcorn","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Janet Alcorn","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/2020\/12\/31\/new-years-eve-time-travel\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/2020\/12\/31\/new-years-eve-time-travel\/"},"author":{"name":"Janet Alcorn","@id":"https:\/\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/#\/schema\/person\/1aac50de576bdaf0779748da66890dfa"},"headline":"New Year&#8217;s Eve time travel","datePublished":"2020-12-31T18:02:31+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/2020\/12\/31\/new-years-eve-time-travel\/"},"wordCount":524,"commentCount":2,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/#\/schema\/person\/1aac50de576bdaf0779748da66890dfa"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/2020\/12\/31\/new-years-eve-time-travel\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/dscn0210.jpg?w=768","keywords":["holidays"],"articleSection":["Photos"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/2020\/12\/31\/new-years-eve-time-travel\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/2020\/12\/31\/new-years-eve-time-travel\/","url":"https:\/\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/2020\/12\/31\/new-years-eve-time-travel\/","name":"New Year's Eve time travel - 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