As with all holidays there are some fine folk who don’t get to go home. This year I am among them. We celebrated with 4 days of feasting and drilling 6,000 feet. This year’s feasts where very generously cooked by our Companyman and the sales men who keep bringing us turkeys. So far the count is 6 huge turkeys, 2 prim ribs, and 1 huge slab of salmon. YUM YUM!
And a huge thank you to the cleanup crew!
The food has been wonderful and it’s a good thing too because it distracts us from the cold. Today the high was a shocking -14⁰F. Tonight the low will be -20⁰F with a wind-chill nocking it down another 10⁰. Now I know what some of you are saying “it’s a dry cold” well let me tell you Horse hockey!!! With the wind isn’t blowing it’s not bad but when you add that sharp blistering wind it instantly becomes stupid cold!
One cold thing when the fresh ice shards are falling from the sky (can’t call them flakes that’s too soft a term for them) the flares on the prairie glow extra bright and look like giant searchlights.
The most wonderful part about this time of year is not the lights hung with care, or the long hours of darkness, or the fact that we have rounded the hump and are starting our trip back to the sun. No no no. The absolute best part of this time of year is when you take that first step outside and your nose hairs instantly freeze!
I hope you all truly have a great and wonderful Christmas someplace warm with lots of lights. I hope remember all the folks who aren’t home today for one reason or another. Not just the ones working hard to keep the lights on but all the ones that make civilized life possible.
MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Thanks for the update ! We all went at Alyssa’s for dinner and sang Christmas carols. Great times by all and it is cold 14 but not nearly as cold as you. We miss you and Marc and anticipate the day you both will be here to celebrate. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you.
God’s blessings too🤗😇