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The forecast for today called for good chances for snow and mildish temps. I glanced outside in the early afternoon and didn't see any snow, so my thought was: a window of opportunity! I changed clothes, hopped on my bike, and ventured forth in another quest for dry road free of ice and snow(slush). Not bad. Pretty good. I forayed over to the west side of town and rode through the zone where progress has gotten underway for a new viaduct across the railroad tracks, with accompanying new road routing on either side of the viaduct. It is the biggest road project in town since I've been here. Probably if he found out about it, dishonest Trump would try to take total credit for it, which of course would be as ridiculous as all the other ridiculous assertions he continues to make.
The gods of the winds must have taken note of my sneak ride, because later in the day, as I was skiing, the skies grayed considerably and the winds started coming up bit by bit. By early evening they were a total roar, and they were sweeping all through the night; these were the first quite strong winds we've had since Christmas and I will guess that at least a few trees were toppled up at Happy Jack. Good timing, what with ski races up there this weekend!
Sidenote: looks like the same windstorm knocked out power to Jackson Hole, closing the ski resort. If I had known that was going to happen, maybe I just would have gone for a walk instead of biking, but it seemed like such an innocent thing to do.