Housebound, day 2....

 7:56 am - Thursday - February 19th - TWW - 20° F, humidity 65%, cloud cover 69%, wind 6 mph out of the south by southeast.....partly sunny today with a forecast high of 38° F, and 1-3 inches of snow tonight, again.  The view this morning....

....and on this date in 2012 TLE and I were east bound on I-20 near Midland, TX....our first month on the road....

....just as the sun is rising in the east, and heading to the Cracker Barrel in Abilene, TX for breakfast.

The snow began to fall around 5 am Wednesday morning, and continued to fall until almost 11 am.  Over that time the snow accumulation hit around 2 inches.....

Starting to stick

Getting thick now

....we ventured out around 12 pm to check on the greenhouse, and all the plants were doing well.  I spent some time around mid afternoon shoveling snow off the concrete in front of the garage so it won't melt and freeze like it did last time creating a serious slip and fall risk.  I also shoveled a path across the wooden deck at the house, and a path from the Newell to the trailer....

Yes, we do have a snow shovel (center of picture in front of the trailer)

....my good friend, Claude Banker is spending the winter at LPG&RVR, and up until two days ago their weather had been pretty nice, but then they received 7" of snow from the storm that is currently hammering the West Coast, and the Sierras....

Likely Place Golf & RV Resort 02/18/2026

....that's the most snow from one storm LPG&RVR has received in a few years, and they're getting another storm today (Thursday)!  Most California ski resorts are closed due to TOO MUCH SNOW, and I believe I-80 over Donner Pass has been closed for a couple of days to traffic.

Once again, TLE and I spent most of our day indoors reading, and napping, as the temp never got above 34° F.  Today (Thursday) it may get to 38° F, and Friday around the same.  We won't get back into the 50's and 60's until next Monday, or Tuesday.  After we get through the next storm (tonight) we'll go through the snow melt process where the red clay will turn to red mud, which will prevent us from doing much outdoors, however, I've got a few ideas for some indoor activity....the garage needs reorganizing, and so does our trailer, plus I need to change the oil on our 1969 Jeep CJ-5's Buck Dauntless V-6, so I've got things to do, but not until Sunday, or Monday as it is just too cold outside for my 76 year old bones and joints.  The odds are we won't be leaving the property until next Wednesday, or Thursday as the roads will just be too muddy.  We're hoping there will be enough sun today to recharge our batteries, but the forecast cloud cover is 69%, however, we always have the Predator 5000 on which to fall back.

As always, we thank you so much for stopping by, and wish everyone a wonderful day wherever you may be!