Snow, snow, snowier

The snow is deep at 8,000 feet. See how Lucy's legs are all the way covered in the the snow!
These pictures are from Sunday's hike 1 hour northwest of Butte.We were hiking up to Barker Lake and an hour into our hike our sneakers were soaked and we realized we were too poorly prepared to make the hike in what was becoming 12 + inches of perfect powder snow.

Tonight the temps are forecasted to be 17 degrees F! While I ran today in the wind and snow, I counted the months until warmer weather: 8 months. It snowed last May when Keith was finishing finals. I also counted the days until I get to savor the NC mountains: 74 days.

Let me remind you what it looked like just last weekend when I wore shorts to go hiking north of Butte near Moulton reservoir.

So, what has Keith been doing besides playing with me in the snow and trails of SW Montana? He had an interview a few weeks ago for a summer internship. We should find out this week what we will be doing next summer. A lot of Tech students are feeling uneasy only because there are few internships for a burgeoning Petro Engineer class. MTech enrolled an additional 500 students this fall, which doesn't sound large, but it is a 50% growth compared to last semester. Makes you wonder what the world will do with all the new engineers coming out of their programs in the next 1-2 years.

I am currently hunkering down for the winter. We need some good Southern food, so Chicken-n-Dumplings are on the teal stove and we will get wrapped up in our warm jackets for a nice winter's evening. Stay warm.