Winter Weather in Wyoming

Many have asked if we are surviving the winter up here in Wyoming, and if we are staying warm.  
Well, here’s what we’ve been dealing with for the past few weeks:

In December we had 4 days in a row where the temperature went down to
 -27^o, then -27^o again, then -24^o, and finally -19^o .  Now that’s really cold!!

Then, at the beginning of January we had winds of at least 51 mph – luckily not on the same day as the freezing temperatures.

The next morning we looked out at the windsock we have for the Life Flight area,

 and it was GONE! 

 
The mechanism that holds it in place had broken and the whole thing blew away.  We found it caught in the sagebrush and ran after it before it took off for Nebraska!  Our amazing elders found all the metal parts in the snow, welded them back together, and the windsock is now back where it belongs.

   

When the elders went out to check on Missionary Village 

they found that the snow had drifted up to the tops of the windows.

The Williams have a nice snowbank in front of their trailer.  We sure hope it melts before they return!

Just look how high the snowdrifts are compared to Elder Cherry (6' 2")
 and Elder Bushman (slightly shorter.)

A week ago Elder Moench spent the entire day on the road grader clearing 
a 3' snowdrift off of the mile-long road from the highway into the Homestead area.  
He finished in the afternoon, and 5 visitors were able to get through and come to the Visitors' Center.
  
Before that the mailman, the UPS deliverer, and the FedEx deliverer 
had to turn around and come another day.

We'll be glad to see the end of the "snows" and the "blows!"