The Latest Scoop From The Coop
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Sunny is now at his new home...  Jay and Karen Priest bought him, and when we went over for a visit the other day, he looked happy...  At least now he's with someone who has the time to ride him, and as much as he enjoys seeing new country, that's right up Sunny's alley!!!  They're close buy, so we can visit Sunny and hopefully do some riding together when we return from our bike trip.

We're planning a trip out to "America" as Gordon calls it, on our Gold Wing "Cruise"...  We'll be riding to Haines and then taking the ferry to Bellingham, WA...  We're really looking forward to seeing the countryside from the bike and hope to make connections with friends and family along the way.

We survived the terrible wind storm of 2003!!!  Thank You Lord!!!  For those of you who hadn't heard about it, a bad wind storm blew in about the middle of March and we had winds up to and over 100 mph, which blew roofs and siding off homes, knocked trees over, blew big tractor trailer rigs over, etc. etc., not to mention leaving us without power for two days...  Thank heaven we got a big 10 kw generator just before Y2K...  That generator has paid for itself, as it kept us from freezing up and we were able to keep the stock tanks open as well...  Between the high winds and the low temps (we're talkin' below zero) it brought the wind chill factor down to well below 80 below zero!!!  People were having their plumbing freezing up and breaking...  Boy, what a mess!!!  There were also some fires that were some how brought under control in those high winds...  Unbelievable!!!
 
We only suffered minor damage to the roof of the tack shed...  Thank You Lord!!!  We were sitting at the kitchen table having coffee, when I saw the front of the tack shed come off the ground about 4 inches, and the top row of roofing paper ripped off...  The last time we had high winds (nothing this bad) it just about blew the tack shed over, and in fact, did blow it off it's foundation and back about 3 feet...  That summer, as soon as we could dig a hole, we moved the tack shed back onto it's foundation and planted two posts right up against the back of the shed, so it couldn't blow over...  That's the only thing that saved it this time.

Until next time...  Keep well, and remember to pray for our troops.

Hen  {:>