Blog for February 26, 2017
 |
| Looking east as we approached our home and Little Cottonwood Canyon |
This will be short as we just returned from a quick trip
home. We left on Wednesday at noon and drove to Helena, MT, then on to Sandy on
Thursday. We found all well with our home; our great neighbors and friends are
doing a wonderful job taking care of it while we are away. Our car had a very
dead battery and jump starting it and running it for a while did not provide
any juice so I had to get the battery replaced. The battery is original with
the car (2010) so it has served us well. Also while in Sandy I got the required
emission test and then got the car registered so it is good to go when we
return in three months at the end of our mission.
We had snow showers on an off the entire way down and back
but, fortunately, there was no real accumulation and the roads were basically
clear. On Wednesday and Thursday
the Salt Lake Valley received 6-8 inches, which was just prior to our arrival.
Then the first night we were there another 4 inches fell. Despite the snow, the
weather was comfortable and the mountains looked particularly beautiful. As
many of you know, we live near the mouth of the Little Cottonwood Canyon, which
leads up to Alta and Snowbird ski resorts. The road to the resorts was closed
for a time on Friday due to an avalanche up the canyon.
Part of the reason for the trip was to finalize our income
taxes with our CPA and we were able to get this done and mailed so we feel
really good about all the things we accomplished while we were home. We also
got to visit with several family and friends and got caught up on all the news
and changes.
 |
| Daughter Kristi and grandchildren |
Today we got away at 7:00 a.m. and made good time so decided
to drive all the way through to Calgary. With stops for lunch and gas, we made
the trip in a little over 13 hours. We are tired but glad to be back “home” and
ready to resume our work tomorrow.
Have a wonderful week!
No comments:
Post a Comment