Our Road in the Spring...

Because Steve and I did not winter in Wyoming this year we have had to endure the thaw. We had an amazing winter with a ton of snow and it is taking quite a bit for it to melt. But we want it to melt slooowly so the rivers don't flood. But each day we see the snow piles shrink and we know it is spring. Especially when the sand hill cranes return!

I tried to get some pics of the cranes flying.

This one is quite blurry but I wanted you to see the rusty-red color on its forehead.

This is our road. It is a mile long.

Needless to say Steve and I are not walking our two miles to the mailbox and back these days!

But Spring is coming. Yay!

Critters Around the House

The snow piles are so high we can watch the red squirrels from our chair. The snow is so deep I have just been tossing black sunflower seeds onto the snowbanks because I can't get to the bird feeders.

Yesterday was Steve's birthday. He got a birthday surprise! We know there are turkeys in the neighborhood, but they never come this far down our road. Yesterday, twelve turkeys came out of the woods. As I said, the snowbanks are so high I couldn't get a good picture of all of them. But I did get two pictures of some courting going on.

Its the time of the year where Tom starts strutting his stuff to attract the ladies. Spring is here!

Mackinac Island Winter 2019

Steve and I had the opportunity to go to Mackinac Island on our snowmobiles twice this winter. We just followed the discarded Christmas trees which line the ice bridge. People cross by snowmobile, foot and fat tire bikes. All credit for these pictures go to Steve.

There I am sharing the road with the horses. That is the Grand Hotel in the background.

I'm being passed by another snowmobiler while Steve takes a pic. That is Fort Mackinac up the hill behind me. No motorized vehicles are allowed on the island except snowmobiles. Though we did see a county plow truck, a large loader hauling away snow from main street, and a sheriff driving around the island in a truck.

Like everywhere here in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Mackinac Island has a lot of snow. In the distance you can see the Mackinac Bridge.

So many snowmobiles...There are only two restaurants open on the island during the off-season. On this day many visitors wanted lunch!

On our way back to the mainland!

On one of our trips to the island, we encountered this scene in the town of St. Ignace. Nobody got hurt except the snowmobile. Yikes.