Happy Trails Weather

What a beautiful day 48 degrees F. in Silver City.  We took a break from Happy Trails and did a 2 hour hike.  If you know us you will figure out that we just start out into the woods and look for a peak to climb.  It was a steep climb heading south west.  Gus (the dog) was in heaven, you could see his smile as walked with us.  We found some old mountain lion tracks, we always seem to find tracks in the snow in winter no matter where we hike.
The beams are in place and supported where Tally took out a wall in our house.  After that was set we took off on our hike.  We needed to get outside and get a break from the construction project.
The woods had a warm moist smell, reminding us of spring.  The snow was wet and a bit slippery.

winter

I have tried twice to add a new posting.  Each time I have written quite a bit only to be called away to help Tally.  Both times I have not been able to recover my musings.   I will try to keep this short and post it before having to help.

It is so cold outside.  We are doing a bit of remodeling in our house - the house that always comes last.  I will hopefully have a dream kitchen.  It is hard to get desk work done with Tally calling me to help with construction so often.  I willingly run to help as the sooner it gets done the sooner I can be using it.

As it is the beginning of the year I am starting to get summer reservation requests.  It is fun to take a clean calendar and start filling in the blanks.  I only request a few dates to ourselves.  I always make it a point to tell guests that arrive on the 4th of July that they may be letting themselves into their cabin.  The parade in Belle Fourche is irresistible and a yearly event for us and our extended family.

The fire trucks and the water fights on a hot 4th of July.

Happy Trails is pretty much buttoned down for the winter.  We have some guests arriving next week.

It is always different in the winter as everyone tends to stay more indoors, the Black Hills are beautiful in the snow.