Walk In #1

Sorry ... no visuals this time ...

The weather has been a bit crazy here for the past few days. Up until Tuesday it had been fairly chilly but yesterday it warmed up so much so that I think we had a 40 F swing in temperature in less than twenty four hours. Unfortunately it rained and the rain turned the little snow we had to slush which then turned to ice last night when the temperature dropped again. This of course left the road in great condition ... if you like ice skating. So, fearful that I would not be able to get in and out on the ice, I took the truck out yesterday afternoon and did my first walk in as I definitely could not use the snowmobile yet.

Garrick was thrilled to be able to walk to the bus stop this morning ... or maybe not. He had to leave the house at 6:40 am, in the dark, in order to catch the bus at 7:15. (Sunrise was at 7:03 today.) I was considering going with him but the fire was down and really needed to be stoked so I had to pass on the opportunity. But, Caroline and I did walk out this afternoon to go to Open Gym. We packed flashlights as we anticipated that we would be walking back in in the dark tonight but fortunately, George came to the rescue. As you know, he is not a wimp like I am and he again was wondering what exactly I was doing living up in the woods. He had no problem driving his truck over the ice and even proved to me that he could do it without using his four wheel drive.

Tonight 'they' are predicting about 8 inches of snow which is not enough to close the road. So if 'they' are right, I may have to head out again to get the truck and bring it back in; hopefully I will be able to use the snowmobile this time though. If 'they' are wrong and we get more than a foot, poor George will be taking his truck out and walking back in sometime after midnight. And either way, Garrick is hoping for a snow day.

Karyn