Snowy Roads

I have really not got much fodder lately. Yesterday you’d have thought I’d completely fallen off the face of the planet, seeing as how I had nothing. Nothing.  Part of the problem, which I may have failed to mention, is that it has been raining, on and off since the 28th of January. It’s rained so much that I haven’t been able to give but  two lessons, and I have 3 rides on one outside horse, and 6 on a couple others.  It’s been soggy and wet and otherwise nasty and there’s now snow in the forecast for tonight and tomorrow. Will the real State of Texas please stand up? Because this isn’t you, it can’t be! I left the frozen tundra of Siberia (aka South Dakota) for a warmer climate and this is what I get? So in having no fodder, I’m opening the blog for questions- ask me anything you’ve ever wanted to know, and I’ll write on the subjects you choose! Assuming of course, that y’all are actually interested in what I might have to say.

In the meantime, for some perspective, I’ve got a couple videos to share from home of the snowy, blizzardy conditions on Monday. They had to, once again, cancel school and some basketball games. One school in the area hasn’t been open since the ice storm took out the power. Those kids, were two weeks with no school until the tribal leadership finally got them moved to the school up in Eagle Butte. As far as I know, they’re not even sure when they’ll be able to open the school at LaPlant again.

Now one might be asking, “Why are they out in this messiness”? Well, Zach’s dad was on his way to DC via a flight from Rapid City, but he wasn’t going to be able to get into Dulles since they’re getting hammered with snow themselves right now, so the boys went to pick him up in a town up the road from them- the 60 mile round trip took them something like 90 minutes. These are videos of how bad the road was, complete with drifts, cursing and all the snow blowing around. There are two videos, the first is just a short clip with the boys (Zach is driving, Guthrie is also in the 4wd Jeep shooting video, and their dad can be heard talking as well) referring to Kirsten, who is their sister in law and who hates not getting to work. She works at the hospital in Eagle Butte, and apparently the administration pressures her to go in, regardless of whether or not the roads are blown shut, so you can hear them making reference to her in this one. Traveling is dangerous in these conditions (snowing, blowing, and sub-zero temps), but is made more dangerous when you’re by yourself.

In the second one, you can hear Dad saying, “I think you probably missed me don’t you?” Then Zach laughs and says, in referring to Guth- “Yeah he just wanted to be the first one to get to spend some time with you!”

Guthrie then chimes in saying “I was going to try to talk Zach into dropping you off somewhere along the way, and saying, ‘No, we never found find him’ “!

This is the kind of smart-ass behavior that one gets to experience daily in my world.

Even in the second video towards the end, there is yet another smarty-pants reference to Kirsten- who by the way doesn’t own a 4wd vehicle. And you can then hear them then making fun of Bud (Kirsten’s Husband and their baby brother). If they’re not making fun of you, chances are they don’t like you. They don’t take the time to joke with people that have zero sense of humor. We get one like that around every now and then!

In the meantime if you have questions to ask me, ask away. I’ll compile a list, and we’ll go from there. I hope it’s warmer where you are than at home; and maybe there’s not snow in your forecast like there is in mine. Again I ask, “Will the real State of Texas please stand up?”