Wonderfully warm here today @ 76°; however, the wind is howling & it’s a “high fire alert” day. It’s hard to work outside when the wind is so strong.
We went to the old house yesterday & I have a PU full (seats, floorboards & bed) of stuff I brought back plus a trailer load as well. It was a long day & extra stressful because mom took her car too. We were trying to get back over the mountains before dark on the way home & barely made it in very low light after sunset. She did very well keeping up with me, etc., but I told her she can’t take her car any more until we get back to some longer daylight hours in the spring.
While she was going to her appointments & having lunch with a friend, I was loading up the truck & trailer. I (carefully) wrangled some pretty heavy stuff by myself that I was determined to bring back. With no rain in the forecast, it might be a day or 2 or 3 before I tackle getting it back off the trailer ..... I am just ‘whipped’ today.
The shop is still a mess from the last load that I didn’t have time to deal with so adding this load to the mess will be quite the organizational challenge. Next week will be much colder, too cold for comfortable work outside so I will see if I can fire up the wood stove in there & figure out where everything goes.
Another successful trip over the mountains! *I* don’t even like to drive in these diminished daylight hours! I’m ready for bed now at 6pm, LOL!
I’ll be back to myself starting December 21st when the Winter Solstice hits and we get more SUNSHINE!
Beau, and all racoon hunters, LOVE this time of year. The darker the better. Ugh!
He called a while ago. They finally made it to the eastern edge of Colorado! Had to replace the alternator in Jeff’s truck this morning, so they are about 6 hours behind schedule. But, those Mule Deer aren’t going anywhere. ;)