The view from the outhouse
Wednesday January 27
Good morning from Silty Slough. 11 below zero at 6:30. It is as clear as a bell, whatever that is. I can’t hear very well so I’m unable to identify with that. I’m more able to identify with “Colder than a well diggers arse in the Klondike” I think the moon is out full but couldn’t tell for sure because I didn’t put my glasses on. The temperature should drop a bit more until the sun rises at 9:41. The days are rapidly getting longer, seven hours and thirteen minutes of sunshine.
Yesterday our neighbors at Wolf Lake flew out and made a few passes over Silty Slough International. They texted that they didn’t see any moose but saw four wolves on the way out. I figured I should get the runway groomed in case anyone would like to stop. A friend messaged and wanted the GPS coordinates so I’m looking forward to a visit from him. Mayor Cooper is looking forward to the revenue from the landing fees. How many dog biscuits would you say for landing in a Cessna 185?
I had Roger’s metal trail groomer and needed to trade back to his wood groomer. Kari and the boys were going to go along and have coffee, but the boys wouldn’t cooperate and get in their kennel for the ride so they stayed in the cabin with the cats. They could just run the 2 miles but we don’t want them to get into that habit. I’m sure they would then go for coffee anytime they felt like it. I swapped groomers and headed back up the river through Silty Slough and then on up to the Skwentna post office. It had warmed up to about 10 degrees, the trail was still firm so the groomer didn’t do as much as I would have liked. You groom at about 10 miles an hour so it took a bit of time. I had two items to mail so I dropped them off at the post office so they would make it on the mail plane Thursday. We had 3 packages to pick up the most important being the belts for Thor’s snow machine, followed by an Apple lightning to HDMI adapter to stream Amazon movies to the TV. Let’s get this grooming done so we can talk. I forgot to mention that I met a couple dog teams coming down the trail training for the Iditarod. I stopped and shut my machine off while they passed. Never thought to unzip my jacket pocket, get my phone out, and take pictures. One neighbor posted yesterday that if she stopped and took all the good pictures she wouldn’t get anywhere. I agree and will try to do a bit better to keep you interested in the view. If I don’t stop talking I’ll never get this trail groomed. Anyway I was pleased that I could tell where I groomed on the way up so the second pass on the way back to the slough should help a little more. Back at the slough I made the 12 or 14 trips up and down the runway to get it ready for business. Kari came down and picked up the packages and had them open when I got back to the cabin.
One of the packages contained something that you Trump haters should all order. It is sense. It is really pretty common among conservatives. I’ve had some for a long time but decided to order more. This sense lives in the electrical panel, and learns the signature of each electrical load and reports each to your phone. It knows when the well pump is running, when the boiler is running, when the heater in the generator shed is on, it knows when the outhouse light is on and will alert you when loads are on for too long. I can’t wait to get it connected to my system today.
By the way all you Trump haters where is the Biden cheering section? Why aren’t you rooting for all the things he has done? How do you feel about your daughters and granddaughters competing against boys in sports and peeing and showering in the same locker room? When the Ho takes over it is only going to get worse. You need to get some sense on order right away, just get the common one and have it expressed mailed today.
Teddy and I hit the mother lode, this is even better than the Silty Slough gold mine. We bought an ATM on auction. As soon as it is delivered we will have unlimited amounts of money. Anytime we need anything here at the slough we can just get the money out, take a picture of it and remote deposit it to your bank. Let us know if you have any pea shooters or anything else of value for sale. We can get the cash to you right away. BTW does anyone know where to get the paper that the ATM prints the money on. That is how they work isn’t it? No fear in the slough now, if we run out of toilet paper we can wipe our arse with 20 dollar bills. I hope they put Joe and the Hoes picture on them. Sorry Cooper”President by cheating Biden” I guess Karmella is still referred to as the Ho. I was worried about the cost of the electricity to run the ATM machine, but who cares, if we run short of money we will just print more.
It is supposed to warm up in a couple days so I can groom the trails again. I’m going to try to keep the trail as smooth as I can. Some of you think I’m doing my civic duty for the community, actually I just like a smooth fast ride when I go down to Rogers or up to the post office.
I just got word my truck is repaired in Indiana. Teddy and I are planning an adventure from Alaska to Indiana to Georgia to Arizona to Oklahoma back to Indiana to Michigan and back home. Should be a real money maker. Just waiting on the ATM to arrive. I will talk more about it in the next View.
We are still busy with Kari and BobbyRay Howard working on the Snow Machine Rodeo and Wild West Show from comments in the last post of the view. You can check it out at http://www.siltyslough.wordpress.com
That’s about enough BS for today. Since I live at the asylum some of you may think I’m crazy. I just like to keep you wondering.
I hope you all have a great day. Stay safe and healthy.
Thank you Lord for the sunshine.
I’ll be in touch.
Blue skies!!!
The View from the Outhouse 