Silver Case

Today is the first day of Chinese New Year. This is the Year of the Rat. I am not celebrating it traditionally. Intead, sitting on a leather recliner in a hunting lodge, with a ember-filled wood-burning stove is pretty decent alternative. I’ve got new clothes to wear today, as is practice, except for my pants. All the pants I brought I forgot in the drawers of the hotel in Sandpoint. oops. I’ll have to pick them up on the way back through idaho. For the time being I have to choose between XC Ski Tights, insulated ski pants, or a single pair of desert army fatigues. Nice.

Anyway, overnight 6″ of snow fell here. Apparently there is another 8″ due today. The roads seem to be kept assiduously clean, so it really doesn’t matter too much. I suppose the roads are kept assiduously clean because the alternative is total closure. Most side roads are entirely closed off due to snow and it would be a herculean effort to open them back up. Dan Phillips, our Dog Mushing guide, told us that the heavy snow on the forest roads doesn’t melt away until July.

Ling posted a ton of new photos of our house. Renovation has slowed during CNY because most of the workers have gone back to Malaysia, etc. to celebrate during their one large vacation per year. Small thigns continue to work, and Ling has annotated quite a few pictures.

41 Springleaf Height update

Brought my KX1 with me, haven’t used it yet. Am going to try to take it out tomorrow and work a few contacts at least.

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