For the first time in 6 years......

 7:53 am - Thursday - December 4th - TWW - 21° F, humidity 47%, wind 5 mph out of the east......crystal clear, blue, sunny skies today with a forecast high of 47° F.  On this date in 2012 TLE set up our first nomadic Christmas tree in the Newell.....

....while we were in Campbellsville, KY working at Amazon.

It's been over 9 months since my last dermatological examine at Northern Arizona Dermatology, so I arranged for an appointment about a week ago for 11:15 am Wednesday.  Snow was forecast for the Flagstaff area Wednesday, so we got an early start to be sure we had time to account for possible snow and/or construction delays, of which there were none.  We were passing through the gate of TWW around 8:20 am, and by 8:45 am turned right on Route 66.  Our estimated ETA for Flagstaff was around 10:26 am.  

As we gained in altitude we began to see snow on the side of I-40.....

.....and by the time we were 10 miles out it was snowing.  We actually arrived in Flagstaff around 10:20 am, so had time to stop off at the local NAPA automotive store to buy some starter fluid, which we use to start our cold blooded Ford diesel loader with gannon. 

We arrived without incident at Northern Arizona Dermatology around 10:30 am, and by 10:50 am were called back to the little room.  For the first time in 6 years I had NO biopsies required, and just one tiny spot on the back of my right hand frozen....about the size of a small button.  Ryan advised he doesn't need to see me for another 12 months....the best news of all.....

Looking out of the waiting room window 

at Northern Arizona Dermatology

....by the time Ryan Wood (PA) finished his examination it was 11:15 am, the time of our original appointment.  Sometimes it pays to arrive early to a doctor's appointment.  Being called in early is certainly a rare occurrence, but so nice when it happens.

We headed back down the hill to Fry's Supermarket (Kroger) to do a medium shopping, then over to the Fry's fuel station to take advantage of our 20 cents/gallon off points.  We were on the road home by 12 pm.  It was still snowing the first 10 miles westbound on I-40, but after that the sun made an appearance, and the snow stopped.  We arrived back at TWW at 2 pm without incident.

We'll get back into the 50's by Friday, and back into the 30's for low temperatures each day by Sunday.  Our brief cold snap is coming to an end...thank you Jesus!  We decided to run the catalytic heater in the greenhouse on low all night Wednesday night.  The low got to 21° F, and the little catalytic heater kept the greenhouse interior at 27° F....it was over 32° F for much of the night until about 3 am when it  dipped below 30...don't ask me how I know.

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