MikeInHubCity
Living the life in the heart of the Dairy State
I did get down to the train room today and ran some trains. That's about all I can do with this bum wing. Being right handed, most of what I need to get some is almost impossible right now. Running trains isn't too bad. Only need one hand.
Sherrel - Nice photo. Looks more like a mail train.
Dave - Like the scene. Nice photo as always.
Jim - I am aware of the being plugged up, I am, until the wife gets back from the weekly shopping trip to town.
Curt - Thanks for the complement.
Mark - I hope our weather heads your way. We were up into the 50's again today and the glaciers are slowly receding. It will take us quite a while before the snow is gone this year. Most of what you can see in the photo is really hard packed snow. We may see bare ground some time in May. the snow along the driveway along side the pine trees will take a while because the area is pretty well shaded.
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Maybe I should have a contest to see who comes closest to the day the last of the snow is finally gone.
The wife is off to Friday night bowling. I sure miss the league and all of the great friends there. As soon as the arm starts feeling better, I will have to get there and help my bowling partner drink beer. Still haven't had any because it's not a good idea to mix oxycodone and alcohol. I am hoping to stop using it tomorrow morning. I don't like opiates, but in my case, they were needed. I will have to really thank my wife (I already have) for putting up with being a nurse. She is quite a woman.
Later
One of the local(Wausau) tv stations does a “last melt” contest every year. They use Rib Mountain State Park as a reference point(about 700 feet above Wausau’s elevation). 5 years ago, they had declared the winning date(around June 26) & were preparing to draw winning names, when 2 more snow patches were found on the mountain & the official snowmelt date ended up being July 7th.