while my sister heather was in times square waiting for the ball to drop at midnight, we were at the real party in downtown flagstaff for the pine cone drop. fortunately, the drop occurred simultaneously with new york, 10:00 pm for us (they do it twice, once for the younger group and again at midnight). besides being a little cold, it was fun to be with a few thousand people jumping and dancing in the street to the black eyed peas' "i gotta feeling"(that tonight's gonna be a good night) blasting with the fireworks in the background.
abe was only slightly disappointed that the pine cone didn't explode with the drop, which actually was more of a careful and gradual descent. although, it was a pleasant surprise to myndie that it wasn't an actual pine cone being chucked off the weatherford hotel as the finale of the countdown.
sadie and her friend sophie. they chose to refer to the pine cone as a giant raspberry.
