IT WASN'T LONG BEFORE WE RAN INTO SOME KA-FLOOFY WEATHER

 A COLD BRIEF WALK ON THEMACNAUGHTON-MORRISON TRAIL IN EXETER ONTARIO TODAY

Looking out the window this morning we could see it was not looking like a good day.  It was snowing and the winds were whipping the snow around.  Kelly's dental appointment in Exeter Ontario was for 11:30 a.m. and knowing Winter's antics as well as we do I knew by 11:30 everything could very well be fine.  So, with Johnny Mathis in my head singing Sleigh Ride, Pheebs and I set off in the Jeep first thing to check out the road conditions.  I quickly determined the weather was not bad enough to cancel Kelly's dental appointment.

 WE WOKE UP TO 'WHITE' THIS MORNING

 HEADING OUT OF OUR PARK THIS MORNING TO CHECK THE ROADS

 ASIDE FROM SOME GROUND DRIFTING THE ROADS WERE IN GOOD SHAPE

BACK TO OUR PARK

 NEIGHBORS ARE DECORATING FOR CHRISTMAS

Decided to take the Jeep instead of the Subaru to keep the Sube free from salt-infested roads for another day.  After stopping at the Bayfield Garage for gas we were on our way to Exeter.  Winds had backed off a bit so there wasn't as much blowing snow about and the closer we traveled to Exeter the more small patches of blue sky we saw.

 A BIT OF SNOW IN THE AIR AS KELLY HEADS FOR THE CAR

 THE FURTHER FROM HOME WE TRAVELED THE BETTER THE WEATHER BECAME

After dropping Kelly off at the dentist, Pheebs and I headed the short distance to a nearby Park and Conservation area.  I never thought to wear a warmer hat so we were unable to go too far in the icy West wind blowing straight in from Lake Huron.  However, we did get out and on the boardwalk trail for about 15 minutes before heading back to the Jeep to thaw out.  Read my Kindle for a while and then headed back to the Dentist's parking lot.  Didn't even get to turn the Jeep off before my cell phone rang and it was Kelly ready to go.  The Dentist did two fillings today in preparation for Thursday's appointment when Kelly will have three lower front teeth extracted to make way for a bridge placement in about three weeks.  After that, even more dental work is planned.  Poor Kelly, as if she doesn't have enough on her plate with all this stressful liver transplant stuff:((  

 YAY, JUST PHEEBS AND I HEAR AT THE TRAILHEAD

 A QUICK STOP AT EXETER'S HOME HARDWARE STORE TO PICK UP A NEW  MOEN SHOWERHEAD ASSEMBLY

 AND HERE IS OUR NEW SHOWER HEAD SUCCESSFULLY INSTALLED AND READY TO SHOWER COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF WATER UPON US...I TOLD KELLY IT LOOKED MORE LIKE A FLYING SAUCER TO  ME

We left Exeter heading home with sunny breaks overhead but it wasn't long before we ran into some Ka-Floofy weather.  Bands of lake effect snow feathering in off the lake blew across our path for a while but we finally drove out of it before reaching home. A few sunsplashes welcomed us back to our Park.  Topped up the bird feeders, headed into our warm cozy house, and stayed there for the rest of the day.  Tomorrow we take Pheebs to the Spa:))     

WE TOOK A SWING THROUGH HENSALL ONTARIO ON THE WAY HOME AND SPOTTED THESE CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS

 THIS WAS THE SNOWY BLOWY PART BETWEEN HENSALL AND VARNA ONTARIO

 COMING INTO THE SOUTH END OF VARNA

 THE CLOSER WE GOT TO HOME THE BETTER THE WEATHER BECAME

 HOME FOR US IS IN THE BUSH AHEAD ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ROAD

Thirteen years ago at this time, we were always out and about exploring around Arizona's Cochise County.  Here is just one of those many days.  A Return To The Chiricahua Monument.  And here is a photo album to go along with that day.  Chiricahua Mountains Hike    

Al's Music Box:)) Wolverton Mountain by Claude King.  "Wolverton Mountain" is a country music song and 1962 crossover hit that established Claude's career as an American country singer-songwriter. The song was a rewrite of the original version by Merle Kilgore, which was based on a real person named Clifton Clowers (Kilgore's own uncle). Clowers lived on Woolverton Mountain located 4 miles north of Center Ridge, Arkansas, some 50 miles (80 km) north of Little Rock. Clifton T. Clowers was born on October 30, 1891, at Center Ridge, Arkansas, son of Thomas Jefferson Clowers and Mary Prince Clowers. In July 1919, he married Esther Bell. He was a veteran of World War I and a deacon in the Mountain View Baptist Church. He was immortalized by the success of "Wolverton Mountain".  He lived most of his life on a small farm located on the northern edge of Woolverton Mountain. According to one of his grandchildren, Clowers wished that Kilgore had not suggested in the song that he threatened his daughter's suitors with a gun and a knife, saying, "I never used those tools for that purpose, I just used them to hunt and whittle.”  On his 100th birthday Clowers was visited by both writers of the song, King and Kilgore.  He died at the age of 102 on August 15, 1994, at his home in Clinton, Arkansas, and was buried at the Woolverton Mountain Cemetery.

GROANER'S CORNER:((  Kirk was telling his colleagues about a strange dream he had the previous night. He dreamt he was in the middle of the action in the old west riding a stagecoach. All of a sudden, a cowboy riding a horse appears on the right side of the stagecoach, and a horse without a rider pulls up on the left.  In a swift move, the cowboy bends down, pulls open the door of the stagecoach and jumps off his horse into the stagecoach. Then he opens the door on the other side and jumps out onto the other horse. Kirk, confused by the events that were happening so swiftly, yelled out to the cowboy, "What do you think you are doing?"  The cowboy hollered back, "Nothing. It's just a stage I'm going through."

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A: About halfway.

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