Friday, March 27th - I promise no more snow pictures!

Conditions at 5:30 am: overcast and 2'
Expected later: light rain and 2' for the entire day

Other than a light flurry yesterday morning, we don't have any additional snow. And really, where would be put it anyway?
I promised no more snow pictures as the internet is filled with lots of horrific images. But let me just give you one last shot to put things into perspective as to life out on the hill in Pisquid.

This is our storage shed. When I stand on the ground and reach up as tall as I can and stand on my tip toes, I can just barely reach the latch that's on the top of the door. I'm 5'6" tall, so average height.

I took this picture of the same shed on Wednesday, March 25th, after two days of sunny skies and milder temperatures, that are slowly starting to melt some of the snow.

Unbelievable!  Let's hope it's a long time till we see another winter like this one. But it is getting better - school buses are going to attempt to pick up as many kids as possible for the first time all week. Some roads are still in pretty poor condition.

On a brighter note, we're heading to Halifax for the Easter weekend to visit with Fran and Katy and another one of their friends. Our hotel is booked, we've made a list of places we need want to visit while we're there and Cooper has a reservation at the kennel.  As long as the weather cooperates, it should be a great weekend. The girls are flying to Halifax this Saturday and will be there a full week before we arrive next Friday afternoon, enjoying some world class curling. There will likely be the occasional visit to the casino, if I know them at all (and I think I do).

I'm eagerly awaiting my passport (which I'm glad I don't need next weekend). A call from Passport Canada on Wednesday threw a bit of a wrench into things as they needed a document I had no idea the location of. (fortunately it wasn't in the above mentioned shed)  The good news is  it did get some stuff cleared out of a storage area upstairs and the better news is that I finally found it - albeit in another spot. Now it is off to Ottawa and with any luck I should have my passport sooner rather than later. As long as it gets here by the first of May,. it will be just fine.

And speaking of travel, I've just learned that the Air Cadets in Guelph are off on an adventure that sounds pretty phenomenal. They will be leaving Guelph in a few weeks and heading off to tour:

• Trenton National Air Force Museum
• Royal Military College
• Canadian Army Military Communications and Electronics Museum
• On to New York City and a tour of Ellis Island, Liberty Island and the New York Harbour area
• Walk  to the September 11th museum
• Board an aircraft carrier for dinner, a tour, a movie and a sleep over on the boat
• A stop at the National Soaring Museum on the way back to Guelph.

A pretty impressive trip that a lot of young fellows will remember for a very long time.