January, 2007

31 Jan 2007: The good weather finally broke with a 4" snowfall of light powder overnight. The workmen called to say they wanted to get going in spite of the snow and 12°F cold, but they would be a little late. That gave us time to have breakfast and still get most of the shovelling done by the time they arrived. We're hoping sun and wind will take care of the snow on the finished portions of the South roof.

The recent lack of snow combined with wind and warm temperatures has resulted in very poor ski conditions at Bridger Bowl. We haven't done much skiing in the past couple of weeks. 4" of light powder over ice and rocks is not enough to improve the skiing situation. We stayed home a lot; Pauline worked on quilts and Gary made ¼ ellipses from scrap plywood.

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