Let it Snow!

Another snowy day in Hermitsville. The temperature has continued its upward trend, and we were sitting at 13 degrees for much of the day. These are the kinds of days that are really ideal out here. I went for a ski with the dog and I almost couldn't find the trail in places on account of the new snow, so I had to follow Sancho's lead. His services as guide dog are reliable, but not very efficient. He knows where to go, but he isn't very interested in a straight line approach. I found myself doing huge S-curves over and back across the trail whenever I tried to follow him.

Despite the snow the sun peeped out on several occasions, which was really great. Here is a picture of that event.

I thought I had the ultimate Sancho Exhaustion Scheme (SES). My previous SES was to just go skiing, which didn't work, and then I used the snowmachine, which is effective but not really all that great to do everyday. My new SES is to go for a short ski and then spend two hours plowing the road. Sancho gets bored and goes somewhere else. After the first fifteen minutes I won't see him until I get home, and then he is docile as can be. Or so I thought. He has been trying to paw a hole in the glass door for the past half hour, but every time I go to let him out, he just looks up at me, as if to say "Gotcha, sucker". Pawing at the door is his general coping strategy for everything. If he is hungry, he paws the door, if he is bored, he paws the door, if he is thirsty, tired, needs to pee, hyper, hot or cold, he paws the door. Only a few of these problems actually require going outside, so I am always left to wonder what His Majesty might need. Here is a picture of his royal highness while he leads the charge through the woods.

Now I go to rest and refuel before the endless task of plowing that I seem to be stuck with. Going back for a third pass tomorrow. I end with another picture of sunshowers...