Thistleblooms Rambles

[B&B Happy goats]

Well at least it's a festive red and green!

I bet it is, ! take care of yourself

 

[thistlebloom]

Saturday dh and I took the fat bikes over to the State park for some riding. We had planned a long route but ran into several trail closures due to logging. I think they are removing beetle killed trees. Anyway after trying a few alternate trails unsuccessfully we headed back to the truck. We did get a good workout in though. Immediately after starting out my sweet husband tried to kill me with a long climb. We weren't even properly warmed up and I was seriously sucking air. I beat that hill though, pedaled to the top.
Yay me.

The Bald eagles are fishing for Kokanee salmon right now so a lot of bird watchers are milling around watching them. Dh saw several (eagles) but I didn't see any. I don't like to take my eyes off the trail that long. I did stop and get a few pictures before we got back to the truck though. Not of Bald eagles, just lake and mountains. You can see we don't have much snow yet.

We are supposed to be getting 200" this year. I'm sure it will all come in one big event, right at the cusp of spring, just when we are thinking we didn't have to work so hard this winter.

 

[Bruce]

We are supposed to be getting 200" this year

That is a lot of snow

 

[Baymule]

200 inches of snow? At your house? What do you do, dig tunnels?

 

[thistlebloom]

200 inches of snow? At your house? What do you do, dig tunnels?

Oh yes. We turn into big hairy snow gophers.

Fortunately it doesn't come 200 inches at a time, so it does sort of compress and compact, and we have time between dumps to move it around. Again and again....
It's almost as exhausting as picking those ginormous steroid induced Texas weeds!

 

[B&B Happy goats]

.....thistlebloom you crack me up ....

 

[Mike CHS]

We might get 3 inches over a winter and that's more than enough considering we get enough freezing rain to shut us down for days with our hills.

 

[Baymule]

We might get 3 inches over a winter and that's more than enough considering we get enough freezing rain to shut us down for days with our hills.

Some winters we don't even get that much!

 

[Baymule]

I want a picture of you as a big hairy snow gopher.

 

[Senile_Texas_Aggie]

Miss @thistlebloom,

You ought to take some videos of the snow clearing when you do it and post them on YouTube. That way we could feel your pain -- and for us Southerners be glad we are not having to deal with it!

Senile Texas Aggie