The goal this week was to get the neighbor's cows hauled back to Harlem. It took a day of M, R and J plowing snow on Thursday as well as the county snowplow working on the road to all that to happen. They had hoped to do it today, but then looked at the weather forecast and worked furiously to be able to move that up a day. So, yesterday M was up bright and early to feed and then get to the neighbor's with our two trucks. M and J each took a load and there were five other trucks also to haul out 350 head. They had a good day for it with good roads, no snow, not much wind and temps in the 20s. Pete did a great job of helping to get all the cows into the corral. He'd love it if he could do that every day. R was busy getting all the trucks loaded while M and J took off with their loads. I missed all the fun because I was at work. Not sure if that was a good thing or a bad thing. At least it is one more thing off M's shoulders.
In the afternoon R took his turn with the new dozer and had some fun plowing snow. He plowed the main road in spots and plowed the access road into our yard and got my car back to the garage. M had taken it to town to get a new battery and then couldn't get home with it because the snow had drifted in at the main road.
It was a good thing they got that job accomplished yesterday because this morning we woke up to a blizzard with heavy snow and high winds. Not a good day to be out doing anything, but M had to get to the cows and I had to give a ride because the loader tractor ended up in town. We spent the afternoon watching football. The snow tapered off this afternoon and the sun peeked out but just for a minute. The wind is still howling so it will be interesting to see what we wake up to tomorrow.
Bill said he can see you this summer using your new dozer to flatten out the gravel road where someone has made a 2 track trail!
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