Good Grief

A week ago yesterday we had this awful storm blow in which left a foot of snow on the ground and frigid temperatures.  Two days ago, the wind began to blow and our temps rose—in this country that’s the way the ball bounces—if you want warmer temps, the wind must blow.  Today, the wind was howling and guess what, it’s snowing again.  I think Brenda left Canada again today and forgot to close the door!! 

Michael had two necessary appointments in Billings today and I had a haircut appointment, also necessary. We left early this morning and decided to go as far as Big Timber and see how the freeway looked.  Our driveway was starting to drift with the wind as was the Boulder Road.  When we got to Big Timber—nothing—the wind wasn’t blowing as hard and the freeway had one lane mostly clear so off we went.  Billings’ streets were a mite treacherous—the main roads were plowed but any side street—you were on your own.  We managed all our appointments, Costco, Wal Mart, and Harbor Freight still making it back to Big Timber before dark. 

When we left Billings headed for home it was snowing and the wind was blowing, by the time we visited with Nat and started up the Boulder it was snowing hard—we managed to avoid the several elk who were determined to join us in the truck and trucked on up our drifted driveway.  The truck is unloaded and hopefully that is our last trip to Billings for the year!!

Nat’s neighbor, Amber and her husband put on quite the Christmas display--