A photo of a dawn last week...

Clouds distorted by the high winds you get along the Continental Divide. The travel advisory that morning was "No unnecessary travel".

Just because of the wind. And not, mind you, just for light and high-profile vehicles.

This warning was for everybody.

And other news...

The helicopter still isn't here. We've been waiting since last Wednesday, but the folks up north keep getting delayed by the winds.

And an oil leak.

When you're flying along at 50 knots or so, just a couple hundred feet above the ground, you worry about things.

You know, like oil leaks, and engine failure, and things like that.

Oh, and as of late this evening, the Trivial Pursuit tally between the wife and I vs eldest son and his girl is 2-1-1.

Yeah, we tied once. You can do that, you know.

The wife plays better when she doesn't have a corgi sleeping on her lap.