THE BEST-LAID PLANS

Seven inches of snow fell on the L-C Valley overnight. Son Clint called at 7:30 this morning. “Have you been watching the road report,” he asked. Though we were traveling separately, he and Mike discussed weather and road reports and decided the Idaho route was our best option after all.

We were on the road by 8:00. The worst road conditions were in the Valley and over the Culdesac Grade to Craigmont. Near Grangeville, the road cleared and with a few exceptions was mostly clear the rest of the way. We arrived at our motel just after 3:00.

Yesterday (Thursday) was a difficult day. Besides our angst over winter weather, we had to straighten out a mix-up over our room reservations and Bess was clearly under the weather. We think she just had a reaction to immunizations, but it still made it impossible to board her. We had to bring her with us after all, but the motel is dog friendly. Mike says he prefers having her with us anyway, and naturally, she’s feeling much better. KW