Working on the truck and checking out the burn piles in the snow

Dawn came with Poofy waiting to sit on my lap. The snow was gorgeous in the early morning light.

My truck was being temperamental with starting. I finally traced the issue to the air flow meter gate being frozen shut. I had to use some heating pockets to warm it up enough to get the gate moving so the truck could start. I had this same problem back in Oregon when it got cold enough but not in Colorado. It’s a very strange problem.

The burn piles did a great job of eliminating the extra woody debris. And wow the cornice on the house is crazy big! It reminds me of a glacier.

Lighting piles in the snow

More snow overnight made for a really beautiful day. It was perfect conditions to light off a couple of big piles of slash material and woody debris that needed to be burned.

This is quite a bit of snow for Forked Meadow.

The piles burning at night in the snow really added to the ambiance of the meadows.

Thanksgiving in a snowstorm

After the epic adventure in making it to Forked Meadow through the middle of the snowstorm, the next morning found us in a winter wonderland while we started to work on Thanksgiving dinner.

Meanwhile inside we were busy getting ready for dinner.

But outside it was quite a winter wonderland. And the epic amount of snow at the back of the house was starting to form an igloo!

What a magical winter wonderland!!