Preparing For The Road

Things really warmed up around here the past few days and all of our snow melted - all 14 inches at our house! With the exception of a few snow piles here and there it doesn't even look like winter around here anymore. The grass in the yard is still holding a small amount of green to it and yesterday it was about 45°. The last few days I have been getting things in place and ready to go for our Christmas trip back to Wyoming and Nebraska. The apartment is slowly looking more and more messy, but we are packing things in boxes and getting everything ready for the move too. A large amount of the stuff will be loaded onto the trailer and stored in Nebraska until spring when hopefully we will be making one final trip to move.

Now that it's colder outside we are cooped up indoors a little more than we like to be, so we make the most of our weekends by getting outdoors one way or another. Last weekend we took a drive to do some geocaching and just enjoy the Bitterroot Valley. I wanted to make a stop at Lee Metcalf Refuge to check out the ducks and geese. There's always a lot to see around there - especially the deer who are as common as the weeds!

I was taking a picture of a buck... When suddenly a pheasant flew across the frame....Did you see the doe playing peek-a-boo with the pheasant?I've been out hunting a few times, but lately I have just enjoyed watching the ducks fly around that pulling the trigger. Tomorrow I will be on the Clark's Fork River floating along and trying my luck with ducks and geese, it should be a lot of fun.

We leave next Sunday for Cheyenne. We are going to make a two day drive to Cheyenne and stop in Cody, Wyoming. We think the drive will be a little better if it's split into two days, and the truck should get a little better fuel mileage as well. Not to mention it would be nice to just take our time and get there without the burden of having a full days drive. This way we should have about six hours behind the windshield and a little more time to do some geocaching or just slow down to enjoy the scenery on our way. That will be nice as well! Until again

-=Nolan=-