NICE SUNNY MORNING BUT ICY WINDS DROVE THE WIND CHILL FACTOR THROUGH THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL

Looks can be deceiving and so it was when Kelly pulled back our winter curtains shortly after 7 a.m. and I saw an encouraging pink sunrise.  Yes we ended up with a nice looking sunshiny morning but hard blowing icy winds drove the wind chill factor through the bottom of the barrel.  A nice start to the day to look at but not a nice morning to be outside in the freezing wind.....and by afternoon the Sun was gone.  I think even Pheebs sensed the cold because she showed no desire to head out for a walk.  So, we didn't.

ROLLING OUT OF THE PARK IT WAS NICE TO SEE BLUE SKIES AHEAD

Our sunny but cold Jeep ride took us up around Goderich again.  A few things at the local supermarket and down to the harbor.  So cold and windy down there we never even got out of the Jeep.  Drove up atop the bluffs overlooking Lake Huron and the harbor and managed a few very quicks pics before scrambling back into the warm Jeep.

GODERICH'S HARBOR ENTRANCE TO THE RIGHT

SHIPS ENTERING HARBOR WILL HAVE SOME ICE TO PLOW THROUGH

LAKE HURON WATERS CONTINUE TO FREEZE UP

SHIPS ENTERING OR LEAVING  HARBOR PASS BETWEEN THAT STRUCTURE ON THE LEFT AND THE SMALLER STRUCTURE ON THE RIGHT

Continuing my sugar purge it was suggested by my diabetic nurse to discontinue my Cranberry-Raspberry drink despite me having already diluted it by two parts water to one part juice.  For my first substitution I will try apple juice.  Having to drink tasteless water is for the most part a last resort for me.  Diabetic nurse also suggested I lose 10 pounds so I begin my descent from my home scales reading of 204 pounds.  Personally, I would ideally like to double that weight loss but keeping in mind I also have to remain realistic about all this.  We'll see it goes.

ROAD BEGINNING TO DRIFT IN A BIT FROM THE LEFT

WINDS WHIPPING SNOW OF THE TOPS OF SNOWBANKS A TAD UP THERE ON THE LEFT

THIS IS WHAT WE CALL 'GROUND DRIFTING' AND IF THE SNOWBANK ON THE RIGHT HAD BEEN 3 FEET HIGHER VISIBILITY WOULD HAVE BEEN DIFFICULT

STOPPED IN THE LEE OF A FOREST OUT OF THE WIND

LOTS OF DEER TRACKS HERE FOR PHEEBS TO CHECK OUT

::An Archive Post:: It was December 7th 2011 while boondocked on Darby Well Road west of Ajo Arizona that we went in search of an old abandoned mine.  Here's my post for that day.... We Found The Mica Mine Today

::Al's Musical Favs::  The Impending Death Of The Virgin Spirit by Will Ackerman

GROANER'S CORNER:((   It seems that there was a little old church out in the countryside: painted white and with a high steeple.  One Sunday, the pastor noticed that his church needed painting. He checked out the Sunday ads and found a paint sale. The next day, he went into town and bought a gallon of white paint. He went back out to the church and began the job.  He got done with the first side. It was looking great. But he noticed he had already used a half gallon. He didn't want to run back in town and being the creative person that he was, he found a gallon of thinner in the shed out back, and began to thin his paint.  It worked out great. He finished the remaining three sides with that last half gallon of paint.  That night, it rained: it rained hard. The next morning when he stepped outside of the parsonage to admire his work, he saw that the first side was looking great, but that the paint on the other three sides had washed away.  The pastor looked up in sky in anguish and cried out, "What shall I do?" A voice came back from the heavens saying, "Repaint, and thin no more!"
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During a performance for the high school talent show at the local theater, a hole was cracked in the stage floor. Subsequent acts managed to avoid the damaged area until little Freddy, juggling bowling pins, accidentally stepped through the hole up to his knee. He apologized to the audience for his clumsiness. But a heckler in the back of the theater shouted:   "Don't worry, Freddy! It's just a stage you're going through!"
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