Happy Veteran's Day

 To all who served, I am deeply in your debt. Thank you all for your service, sacrifice, dedication, and loyalty to the USA.

I am humbled to count you as friends....

Ready For Winter!

 Sucked out the old gas from the tank with a "99 Cent Store" turkey baster so I could get all the sediment out, then drained what was left. 

Flushed the carb with a bit of Gumout and ran a small brush through the line and fittings. Put things back on, and filled it up with fresh Pure Gas and Sta-Bil, and it fired right up. Got it warm and then shut it off so the engine could heat soak, and then ran it again back up to temperature.

Brushed off two years of dust, and then went over it with some Meguiar's Quick Detailer while the oil was draining.

Put fresh oil in it and started it up. Again, it fired right up.

Gave Sweet Little Wife some "How To Start and Operate It" training, and parked it back in the garage.

All snow removal systems are now GO! for use.

Winter Comes In With Epic Snowfalls!

 Still here and cruising along. FAR better than last year. Even loaded up the fireplace and lit it. SLW and I are going to pop some corn, and watch Holiday Inn on the TeeVee.

Anywhoo....It started raining yesterday, and by this morning we had ~1" of snow on the cars, trucks, and yards.  The streets (up here...) are still warm, so it's not sticking on the roads. As of 2145 MST we've received .4" of rain, and the rain gauge stopped as the rain turned to snow, then picked up again when it got warmer and rained some more. Started off as rain around 0900, then turned to "Wintry Mix", and now it's snowing.  We had an inch on Thursday that melted in a few hours, and an inch or so this morning, that hasn't melted.

Down by Denver is another story. They've received around 8", with another 6~8" forecast overnight. ALL the highways are closed South and East of Denver. Traffic is a nightmare, and many vehicles are stranded. Further South, into New Mexico, things are even worse. NWS is calling it a "Historic Snowfall for November", and the Northern part of NM is basically shut down.

East of Denver out on the plains is bleak. I think I heard there was about 12", and 6~10" is expected.

Luna is enjoying it, for now. Don't know how she'll react when it's 15*, but she's MUCH more an outside dog than Pebbles was. She's definitely a ColoRADo dog.

So keep warm and dry, keep your head on a swivel, and enjoy your weekend, if possible!