>Woke up this morning to -40 degrees here in SW
Montana , and that is not counting the wind chill . We have about 18 inches of
snow on the ground here at our place also . Horses are all out in creek bottom
pastures with willows for shelter , will keep all the hay they can eat in front
of them now all thru this cold spell as it is supposed to hang on for a
few days . My son was estatic as he got a phone call this morning that the
bus would not be running so he got a "free" day off from school , the bus has a
one way 60 mile route with two mountain passes to go over to get to town
so it is to dangerous to be out in this . Anyone else getting these
cold temps right now ?
AHA!! So YOU'RE the culprit, Drin!
<g> We got the snow before we got the cold (6 inches Friday night, 3
inches Saturday night, on top of about 6 inches already here) and then yesterday
afternoon the temps plummeted and we had a howling east wind that made it all
drift. (The driveway is particularly bad--I hope I can get one truck out
without chains to go to work, as the chains are already on the feed truck, and
for some reason, at the moment we only seem to have one full set.... Maybe
we'll make a run to the bottom of the drive with the chained-up feed truck first
so that I have tracks to follow....) We are sub-zero, but only about -9,
so nowhere near in your ballpark.
The horses are out playing fox and geese this
morning in the snow, having a grand old time. I'm really proud of my
broodmares--they are eating big bales free choice, and we have 100+ hungry elk
that leer over our upper fence and have even come down in the yard and eaten
anything we leave out along the stallion paddocks (had 20 head peering in my
back door a few mornings ago), but so far, the broodmares have kept the elk run
off of "their" hay quite nicely. They are humorous to watch--they post
"sentry mares" who march around the perimeters when the elk get close, and they
look like how dogs stiff-leg around strange dogs, checking things out, heads low
and snaking. If some actually come over the fence, the group will actually
charge and chase them back up the hill. I got to watch one of their
charges the other night--it was fun and funny! Meanwhile, no more hay left
out in the yard, either--which means the feed truck has to go along Stallion Row
every morning. <sigh>
