Farm Life

One thing I am is prepared. Two Honda 2000w and one 1000w generators. Wood heat if needed. The 1000w I keep for friends or family to use if there is a power outage and they dont have one for themselves.

My two rabbits, three dogs and two cats are doing fine. I have one walker hound that wont stay in at night so she sleeps outside on a heated bed in her dog house. 14 years old and going strong. Even in 4 degree weather she will not stay in. She will scratch the door to get out until she gets her way. lol

Im at Fairmont Hot Springs in Montana today and tomorrow for work. Elevation is about 4800 ft. Not much snow. One thing I have learned about Montana is you cannot count on any weather report. Yesterday there was 3 ft of water on I90 Lookout pass coming from Idaho to Montana and the road was closed. I was half thrilled I might not have to come over. But they got it cleared out by this morning.
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Ok, Makael. Hold the fort steady through this winter weather. We're pulling for you & your bride. DM
 
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I see pictures of those mountains and think that I was born 150 years too late. I always feel I should have been a pioneer or mountain man riding those high up mountains when there were few humans of any kind in them. Anybody else feel that way from time to time?
 
Yes, there are quite a few places that feel like that in montana.
 
Double post Yes, some places in montana still feel that way.
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It was 95F today in SW Oklahoma. I enjoyed it while I could! Weather can turn pretty quickly around here. Plenty of firewood (pecan) out back, coal oil lamp is ready, and a couple different Buck knives are nearby. Usually grab the '70s era 301, but I find the 112 handy as well.
 
That looks like the work of a snow plow. If you look at the snow on the roof and depth around the car you get a better idea.
 
those snow and ice pics are why i stay here. 81 degrees f today...went down the hill to the spring.......folks swimming, sun shining, wandered back towards the feeder river took quick cellphone pics......not farm life pics but thought it might warm some of you folks in the frozen north and west up a bit.

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those snow and ice pics are why i stay here. 81 degrees f today...went down the hill to the spring.......folks swimming, sun shining, wandered back towards the feeder river took quick cellphone pics......not farm life pics but thought it might warm some of you folks in the frozen north and west up a bit.

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And this is why I am glad to be from the South! (Although I loved AK, strangely)


Of course, those good folks in cold country do not have to put up with FIRE ANTS!
 
DocT, A few years back I had the pleasure of doing a wagon train with the McNabb family. Went from Clark WY over the mountains to Red Lodge MT. You cannot understand what the pioneers faced unless you do this. The first time we did it I was quite inexperienced as a teamster and we had a runaway about five miles out from the home ranch. It was bad but everybody survived and completed the five day trip but my wife will only rarely get up behind a hitch with me. It was such a piece of American history that we went back and did it again two years later with my elder daughter, her husband and her 1 yr old son. In fact my grandson had his first birth day sleeping in a cardboard box in the back of the wagon. No runaway on the second time but my wife stayed on horse back the whole time. Never got up on the wagon.
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I see pictures of those mountains and think that I was born 150 years too late. I always feel I should have been a pioneer or mountain man riding those high up mountains when there were few humans of any kind in them. Anybody else feel that way from time to time?
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DocT The wagon train is no longer available but Ken McNabb does horseback trips into the mountains. You could do look him up on the internet. Ken and family are such good people, do it if you can.
 
And here we are with another 60 degree morning. Mid Feb and no killing frost all winter. Still green and all the skeeters and gnats are thriving.
 
Swimming in February in North America is almost too unbelievable for me.

Where I live it can be -22 F in the winter and 86 F in the summer. I love the heat but I also love the winter; all the seasons and changes make life outside variable and each time has its own rhythm and activities. Also, the cold takes care of a lot of parasites and pests.
 
Red, thanks for these stories. I've always liked roaming the mountains, hiking or hunting. Anything for adventure.
Dark, yes, that occurs in the Southern states in the winter. A lot of areas have mosquitos year round and ticks, and chiggers. The humidity and sweating in November will keep you trim. DM
 
This morning our winter storm hit us. With increasing heavy snows, I'll not attempt the mountain pass into town. I can hear snow plows running the roads. I believe we're indoors for a spell. I'm wearing my 334 Trapper. DM
 
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