I dont know about you but I am ready for spring. Its not to say I’m not thoroughly enjoying my adventures out into the elements, but today we had a pretty close brush with vulnerability I could have done with out.

When Amy got in the van I simply said, “Hills or Prairie?” To which she replied “prairie.” We decided the best route would be south on HWY 79 and then east on Lower Spring Creek Road. The occasional snow drift across the road didn’t get to bad until we were pretty much all the way out into Nowhere. You see, out there there is not much to block the wind or anything that might get caught up in it. Last week it was dust, this week… snow.

We were only a few miles short of completing our loop and connecting with HWY 44 when all of the sudden the road turned to the right and just sort of disappeared .. and I’m not exaggerating… It was just gone. You couldn’t tell where the road ended and the prairie began. It was just snow. Although I knew better; I let the van slow to a stop as I tried to figure out where we were supposed to go. As soon as forward momentum stopped I said out loud  “oh shit, I shouldn’t have stopped” and I was right. Under the thick layer of drifting of snow lie a thick layer of ice. (Amy found that out the hard way). Finally, after I spun the tires all ways; forwards and backwards, left and right, I was finally able to find enough traction to back out and then pulled an “Austin Powers” (as Amy so eloquently put it). Once turned around we decided it was best to just turn it around and head back to town. Now, all this isnt to say that I’m not fully capable of finding trouble when the weather is good, and the roads are clear, I just look forward to not freezing to death while I’m standing around scratching my head trying to figure out how to get out of it.

Here’s a couple I was able to capture today, enjoy!