Hurray – it is snowing …

Today, it was an earlier start to the day but only by an hour. We hit the road by 9:30 am.

It was a leisurely drive following the Murray Valley Highway grabbing a few geocaches and munzees along the way.

When the kids were little, we took a photo of them in the mouth of the “Big Murray Cod” at Swan Hill, so we relived it today.

It was fitting today to find a geocache involving a Firefighter Memorial – Wooden Captains.

Stopped for lunch at Echuca with almost a traditional stop at the Beechworth Bakery.

Around Benalla we were encountering heavy rain and by the time we got to Myrtleford it became hail and as we hit Falls Creek it started snowing 🙂

We checked into our home at Schuss Lodge, grabbed our skis from Viking Ski Hire and settled in for the night, taking in the various 9/11 programs.

9/11 – 10 years on …

At this time, 10 years ago, I was chatting on the net to a Fire Chief, Billy Goldfeder in Ohio. He suddenly said that a plane had just hit the World Trade Centre in New York.

I said he must be joking but within a minute we had live feed on the TV. We continued chatting and then the second plane hit. How can this be happening.

Like most others, we remained glued to the TV overnight until I had to go on shift in Adelaide Fire Station.

That day was quiet for the city but we remained on station watching the coverage in between responses.

It was a surreal day. It brought back memories of our visit to the World Trade Centre. Everyone has a story of that day.

Our thoughts go out to the 343 firefighters that lost their lives 10 years ago – may we never forget ….

It was a day that changed everything …

The photos are our memories from the World Trade Centre in 1992.