Word of the Day

Twingled - Twisted.

I woke up this morning at 5 AM. My dogs wanted to go outside. No way! We had a time change yesterday as we were leaving Nebraska. The dogs' mental clock doesn't seem to want to reset itself. I took them out at 6 AM MDT. Snow. We got snow last night as we slept. The dogs weren't too fond of it. They took care of business as fast as they could. Their paw prints sure looked cute in the snow. HTP will be glad of the scraper that he purchased from that gas station in Denver. We haven't had much use for things like that. Our old scraper used to be stored in the garage in Wisconsin, gathering dust. Before #1 son headed back to college, we gave him our old scraper so he could use it in The Big City this winter. We didn't even think about the possibility that we might need it ourselves.

Having listened to the local channels from Denver this morning, it was interesting to have it confirmed that we were lucky to get through the pass yesterday. They are requiring chains this morning for both the east and westbound lanes. Lovely. We'll still be driving in the snow and ice today but so far no mention of chains for our proposed route. I know that once we get to Eagle, we'll be good to go. The "boys" are going to be driving this morning. Fine by me. White knuckle driving isn't my thang.

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Driving was a bit iffy today until we got past the Vail Pass. Things had cleared up by Glenwood Springs. After stopping to fill our tanks and wash the road slime off our windshields, we all decided that a visit to a car wash was a must. Thankfully, the car wash was attached to the gas station so we didn't have to go very far. It was one of those coin-op carwashes. Worked great. We ended up with two nice and shiny cars that didn't look like they'd done battle with the mountains of Colorado.

We arrived in St. George at around 6:30 PM. Everyone was pretty much worn out from long days of driving. We'd gone from temperatures that went as low as 16° F to a temperature of 76°F here in St. George.

We plan to continue our cross-country caravan trip tomorrow morning after breakfast. Although we'll be hitting the road yet again, we should arrive at our destination in two short hours. My folks will be glad to have reached their winter home. HTP and I will be glad to spend a few days in Vegas before we continue on to our winter home in Arizona.

I'm going to warn you all right now that I probably won't take the time to blog again until HTP and I arrive back in Arizona. Dial-up speed at the casino makes blogging a bit difficult. It can be done and it might be done but if I don't promise to blog, I won't feel too guilty when I fail to blog.

Murphyism of the Day

Bachman's Inevitability Theorem

The greater the cost of putting a plan into operation, the less chance there is of abandoning the plan--even if it subsequently becomes irrelevant.

Corollary

The higher the level of prestige accorded the people behind the plan, the less, less chance there is of abandoning it.