We have had quite the week. On Wednesday I went with M to do cow chores and help sort out the calves that R was going to take to Glasgow to sell. It was a beautiful morning, the sun was shining, there was no wind. We got the calves in and sorted and moved a feeder. Then M was worried that I was getting cold so had me shoveling out the alley way to warm up while he finished feeding the cows. So thoughtful. The snow was a couple feet deep and we needed to run the calves through the alley to load them in the trailer. It was just fluff but there was nowhere to put it. I thought I was going to throw my back out trying to throw it over top the boards lining the alley. R showed up just in time so I let him finish since he is younger, stronger and taller! R and I then went to hook up the trailer. When he tried to move it he noticed that one wheel wasn't turning so they had to take it off and get it in the shop where they had to work on the hub. Finally, he got the calves loaded and headed to Glasgow.
I was planning to pick up my mother-in-law and go to Flaxville for haircuts after lunch, but J was going to change the oil in my pickup before I went. Just before I was ready to leave the wind started howling and it clouded up. I took the pickup into Richland so J could change the oil and was ready to change my mind about going on to Scobey because I was afraid the road would drift in and I wouldn't make it home. M assured me that it wasn't that bad and that he would be behind me if I had trouble, so I went. I made it home but it wasn't much fun. M was actually several hours behind me and told me to pack a back because if he got me out to the highway to go to work I shouldn't come home.
I followed him out in the morning but could hardly see his tracks because everything was the same color, the sky, the road, the ditch. I spent the night in town with my in-laws and worked the next day. R plowed the road so I made it home the next night. The wind came up during the night and howled into the morning. R moved from his place into his grandparents house so if he's snowed in, he'll be snowed in with the cows. He'll stay there until calving is over.
We had a funeral to go to Saturday afternoon and weren't sure we would be able to go. The wind let up some and we didn't get as much snow as predicted so we decided to go. I had a bad feeling that we had stayed in town too long and wouldn't make it home and bucked some snow drifts on the highway and plowed our way up the gravel road in 4-wheel drive and made it home. The wind came up even more shortly after we got home and has howled all day today. R got stuck in our yard this morning and M didn't try to get to the house with the pickup this afternoon. The wind is still howling so who knows what it will be like tomorrow.
The guys are trying to haul grain to Wolf Point but have to plow to the bins every day and the road to Wolf Point isn't totally clear either. Everyone in the country is having a tough time getting anywhere and are afraid to leave home. This winter weather is really getting old and there is no end in sight, but every day is one day closer to spring!
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