I figured the easiest way to share with everyone the adventure of the past week was to break it down into sections. We did a lot; saw a lot; took over 1000 photos. On top of that I came back from Vegas with a cold, yesterday it snowed all day and dumped at least 4 inches on top of the 2 we already had; it’s barely above zero today and I just got more pictures from our Thanksgiving excursion to Texas, compliments of SIL, Amy. I don’t even know where to start with blogging all of this! I’ll be uploading all of the pictures that were taken by myself and Kelsey, to an online album, but y’all will all have to wait to see those until I’m through pointing out the highlights of the trip.
I’m trying something new with these blogs- using a flickr plug-in to post all the photos at once- if you click on the first photo in the group, it will open in a bigger window that overlays the blog post, and you’ll have the opportunity to click through all the pictures that way.
When we left on Saturday December 5, it was 9 degrees outside. That was pretty much the warmest is was all day. It snowed on us through most of Wyoming. There was snow on the ground until we got to Southern Utah.
The photos below were all taken in Wyoming on the first leg of our trip. We drove until about 1am, when we landed in Beaver, Utah: those photos will be in the next post.
To say that we saw a lot of Wyoming Snow Fence, is an understatement. There is miles and miles and miles of snow fence. The job of that fence, for those of you who are unfamiliar with it, is to keep snow from blowing and drifting across the highway. You can see in a couple of the pictures below, the snow blowing across the road. It was about 5 degrees outside with the wind out of the north at 30-40mph. Thus the wind chills were well below zero. All the pictures taken, except those of the big reservoir and the yucca plants were taken from the warm car. I can’t believe I even got out of the car to take those of the reservoir, and yucca plants because it was cold, but hey, what can I say, I’m getting used to the cold and I love this camera. Something else to notice from the pictures, is that in this part of the country we make big round bales of hay to feed our horses; in Wyoming, at least, they make big square bales- picture something that is about 4 ft tall, by 4 ft wide by 8 ft long, and that’s what you’re seeing in the photos below.
Enjoy leg one of the journey.
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And in case you didn’t notice, I’m fascinated by snow fence.
I’ve always thought the snow fence in Wyoming was neat, but then I realized how awful it would be to ranch there when you have that much snow.
Also, we have 4×4 bales here too. They are much easier to haul, stack and feed.
P.S. I’m excited to see your Utah photos so I can see what you found interesting haha.