Although we did get a lot of rain yesterday and some snow overnight and the mud is back to being horrendous, it looks like the promised weekend storm was more or less a bust. At quarter to ten the sun is shining about half the time, the solar panels are clearing of snow, and maybe things will get back to tolerable. Outside temps took their dear time to climb above freezing but right now I’m regretting having put that last log on the fire because it’s well above seventy in here. Looks like the batteries will be fine, and with a lot of luck we’ll even get enough sun to start drying the mud.
Speaking of mud: During a lull in the rain yesterday evening I vacillated between walking to Landlady’s to tend her chickens or taking S’s little quad. I opted for the ride and oh, what a mistake. If I were designing my own quad I’d either leave the damn fenders off entirely or make them far more substantial than these because these are just enough to get in the way without doing anything to protect the rider from flying mud. I’d have looked comical had there been anybody around to see. Given my lax housekeeping standards, when I have to strip down before I’ll allow myself into my own house you know I’ve done something extremely foolish in regard to the mud. It would be really cool if the rain would stop now and let the damn mud dry.
You guys want to see something cool? Ian and Karl have a video on InRange where Karl takes a prototype modernized FG42 through a 2-gun match and kicks some high-tech ass. Go see! If I had a million billion brazillion dollars, I would lust after one of those things. Also, I like the new InRange format a lot. Hope they can make a go of it.
Glad your storm didn’t live up to expectations. I was thinking of you just now as I was trying to sweep 8″ of heavy wet snow off the solar panels.