Joe's Birthday Week

The month of March is slipping away... while the weather is swinging back and forth, between winter and spring. A few days before Joe's birthday we woke up to find our vehicles covered in 1/4" thick ice. Fortunately the temperatures stayed around 30 degrees, so the ground didn't get too slippery. Then the rain/ice mix switched to wet snow. Pretty... but we are ready for spring!!

Unfortunately I had to work this weekend... so we couldn't have as much fun celebrating Joe's birthday. He did get to have a candle lit cheesecake slice. We'll definitely make up next weekend!

Joe's New Truck aka Rado II

Joe's been looking for a replacement truck for about a year... because his red truck just had too much rust. Very trusty mechanically, but the body and frame as rusty as expected for any 15+ year old vehicles up this north where road salt coats our cars all winter long. This truck served us well for fishing and hunting, and we definitely got money's worth, but Joe had to say good-bye.

Meet this 2016 Chevy Colorado Joe bought yesterday. We were able to drive on the edge of this wintery mix/ice storm to Green Bay (3 hours south) and back. 

Joe has been working hard since he took the manager position, and his work place is still nowhere near perfect, but I know he earned this newer shinier truck. Well, this morning the truck is covered in snow... a proper way to welcome Joe's new truck to our home in the UP.