Snow, Cleaning, And A Banjo

Elkmont, Alabama

Weather: low 21 degrees, high 33 degrees, clear skies

The little snow storm that passed through here last night only dropped a little over an inch of snow, but it was enough that the local schools were out again. These kids up here will be going to school until July to make up their snow days.

So, how did an inch of snow cause the schools to be closed again? The snow mostly fell after dark, and it froze on the roads. That made it dangerous to drive on icy roads, so I feel the authorities made the right decision to miss another day. Can you imagine the uproar if a school bus had wrecked on an icy road, and kids had gotten hurt?

The sun came out brightly about 0900 hours, and by 1300 hours, the snow was gone except where it was in the shade.

Carolyn went on a cleaning tear today, and it was all I could do to hang on as she pulled me along with her. She did the dusting and mopping, while I put stuff up in better places and vacuumed. Part of the house is closed off, since there's only the two of us, so it doesn't take that long to do the cleaning. Still, when Carolyn gets on one of these tears, the best thing to do is just go along and help so it will be over as soon as possible.

After lunch, we decided to go for a drive down another country road, but didn't see anything of particular interest. The countryside continues to be beautiful, even with it's winter coat on. Some of the trees are starting to get little leaf buds, so spring should be around the corner. Temperatures in the 50s are forecast by Sunday, so maybe we'll get a break from the cold.

When we started fulltime RVing, Carolyn got rid of many things that she liked to use in the kitchen. There's only so much room in the RV, and it made more sense to get rid of stuff than to store it. This past week, I ordered two items that she has been missing a lot, a potato ricer and a banjo slicer. The items arrived today, and she is tickled with them. I wonder if she has any good stuff planned to prepare with the new tools?

More later, be safe.

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