It's a New Year!

New Year’s Day 2016

Dear Family and Friends:

Happy New Year to you all!

Life here at the ranch is quiet except for the incredibly bad weather we’ve had for the past month.  We’ve had winds up to 43 mph, rain, sleet, snow, sneet, and temps down in the teens at night. Feels just like Kansas!  The entire state of NM was under a winter blizzard warning for several days.  Fortunately, things have improved somewhat in that the temps are in the 40’s during the days and the winds have moderated.  Nastier weather than the past two years at the same time.

In two weeks several of us are going to Bouse, AZ to ride ATV trails there.  It should be temps in the 50’s (and maybe into the 60’s) with low winds.   We all have an extreme case of cabin fever as we are accustomed to being outside every day.  I bought a new Weber gas grill six weeks ago and have only used it a couple of times as it’s too cold to be out on the deck long enough to grill anything.

I see the Jayhawks’ basketball team is rolling…I thought their football season would never end.  And the KC Chiefs did well this season.   And, of course, the Kansas City Royals won the World Series.  A very good year for our teams.

I will post photos and reports from Arizona, as we will be there for a month.    Then back to Hidden Valley Ranch for the spring riding.  In June we will leave for an extended trip which will take us out to Seattle to see my brothers Mike and Dick and their families, and then into Canada for two weeks and back down through Glacier National Park and Yellowstone National Park before returning to Deming by way of several national parks in Utah.  We will get back about the middle of September.  Deming during the summer is slightly warmer than the surface of the sun and RV air conditioners just can’t handle it.  It’s better to find someplace to go than sit in these pizza ovens for three or four months.

Next post will be from Arizona in a couple of weeks.