Winter is coming. Tomorrow
through Friday night we have a winter storm advisory. On Thursday we are predicted to have freezing
rain throughout the day and a couple inches of snow. The ice is our major concern because the
stage designer in Mario Kart created the back roads in this part of Missouri:
lots of twists and turns and hills. We
even found the shortcut that is included in many of the maps… but it was very
treacherous. Buckhunter barely made it
down that goat trail and there were more than a couple of moments we toppled
down the steep hillside. Somehow I don’t
think a Lakitu would have put us back on the course so we lucked out. But I digress; tricky roads and ice here
would make it nigh impossible to reach Glade 10. Will have to wait and see if the forecast
changes.
As for the here and now, we did light off a couple of our burn
piles. I think we crafted them a little
too well as we were only able to light 5 of them before lunch. Those 5 ended up burning 40 minutes beyond
our intended stay time and would have gone longer had we not intervened. After the fires were cold we raced the sun’s
waning light back to the truck. We
won. Barely. I think we have at least 40 more piles ready
to burn and have to construct at least double that to finish the glade so we
will have our hands full in the days to come.
Think I’m going
to pass out. Before I do, I thought I’d
tell you who all is on my team this week.
There is Chelsea Catalano, Richard, Kelly Kaufmann, and Danielle. They have me smiling almost nonstop even when
ascending those towering hills. Although
my remaining time in Roaring Rivers is going to push me physically, with this
crowd I think the overall experience will be an enjoyable one. Night all!
A find on the interwebs.
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