Home Safe and Sound

We woke up yesterday at 6am MT, and were out the door by 7:15am.  Sierra Blanca and Ruidoso gave us a nice final farewell with a beautiful sunrise and a herd of 20 elk as we headed out of town.

 The trip went smoothly.  We stopped in Clovis, NM for a fast food lunch.  Temperatures were in the high 60's.  We all enjoyed looking out for windmills (they were going strong as it was very windy) and for trains as we drove through Amarillo.

We did see an Osprey aircraft in flight (a way cool hybrid airplane/helicopter used by the Marines) just outside of Amarillo. The temperature started to drop as we drove toward Oklahoma, dropping over 20 degrees by the time we stopped for dinner in Oklahoma City. We finally made it back to Bartlesville about 9pm CST.  It was sure nice to sleep in our own beds!!!

Here is what we woke up to this morning! SNOW!!!!

I went on a nice run with Tracy this morning in the snow.  Although it would have been nicer if the wind had not been blowing.  The kids made it outside to play for a while before it melted (mostly gone now).

Otherwise we have been having a mostly lazy day.  I went to the grocery store this morning.  We folded and put away laundry.  I plan on making a yummy stew for tonight's dinner.  Just got done with some flute practice after playing games with the boys.  Time to read for a while.  It sure is going to be hard to go back to work tomorrow!