Last night during the night a blizzard set in. I don't know how hard the wind blew, just that it was blowing the snow horizontal when I let the dogs out about 3 a.m. They didn't waste any time out there. Its very hard to know how much snow falls when such wind is going on. Now the drifts are piled up more, perhaps a few might be as much as 1 to 4 feet. And the sagebrush is covered up more now. But at 3:30 or so the sun is shining from the west. Things are much more optimistic with a little sunshine. It is quite a bit warmer than it has been in the past weeks. I saw about 28 degrees this afternoon. The forecast is still for snow the next several days, but it sounds better than it did earlier.
The concern again is getting to Jackson on Monday. Its on my mind to call Frosty and make sure he will come to plow the road sometime tomorrow, and he will have to get clear in to the garage door or I can't get the car out.
Today the Wyoming Highway Department is doing avalanche control in the Hoback Canyon, so I would hope that they do an extra good job clearing out the road after that is accomplished. The options are to get a motel reservation for Sunday and Monday night, and then cancel them if we don't need it. And either leave Sunday afternoon to stay overnight and be there Monday morning. Or get up very early and be out of here in the dark of night before 6 a.m. to give some leeway time for poor road traveling. Spring can't come soon enough.
This has been a day that I've gotten several phone visits, which has been nice. Also I've puttered with housecleaning and mopped the kitchen and utility room floor for the first time. Then put on my coat and boots and took out several bags of garbage through the snow. That felt o.k. - a good way to get moving. Joe washed and changed the sheets. Its about time for him to bring in firewood and feed the cats. Their little door hole keeps getting drifted in, but Joe clears it and they are still getting in and out. I'm ready to pay the bills online that have come lately and that will be taken care of. It seems like it is taking longer every time for them to receive payments through the mail, and then they are late.
Here is a link where you can look up a picture of Bear Bread, which Gina sent to me. http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/16940.html
