April Showers Bring May.....Snow?!?!?

The roller coaster that is the weather in South Dakota continues. What was 85 degrees last week turned into…..

Are you freaking kidding me? It is mid-May!!!!

Two days before the arrival of the snow we welcomed our next visitors. Guy and Sue have been fulltime RV'ing for the past 5 years and were passing through our area for the week. They recently took possession of their new rig and truck, luckily the driveway was dry when they arrived!

Welcome to the J-B!

Within the hour Guy was on the roof  helping with the underlayment.....

After that the wind and the rain started and we were forced onto other projects. As a reward to ourselves we headed into Custer to the Purple Pie Place, our first visit of 2019!

We also made the trek to the Elks Club in Rapid City where we met up with Steve and Debbie one last time.

Prime Rib at the Elks!

Sue had booked a flight out of Rapid City to Alabama where she was going to attend their grandson's high school graduation. She left just in time as it snowed the next day and the next day and the next day. 3 straight days it snowed..... Thankfully most of it melted upon contact but in the end about 6"s stuck to the ground.

I bet Guy and Sue were not expecting this when they came up from Utah!

Having lived most of his life in Southern California and Georgia, Guy is not a fan of the snow so we hid from the snow in the shed making sliding doors for said shed.

  I tell you, there is no quit in this "Guy", he kept working through the cold until I finally had to say, "enough" each day and we retired to our individual rigs.

The dogs even got out to enjoy the snow but Daisy required a little extra layering.

Once inside Daisy needed to be wrapped in a blanket to keep warm

Despite the cold and rain we managed to get a lot done on the house, we sheeted the front, sheeted the garage, got the fire block up inside the house and put up the wind block on the trusses outside the house.

Front side all sheeted!

Happy hours took place in the kitchen out of the wind

Lacy (in the middle) weighs 1/4 of Daisy!

 Saturday morning found the sun shining, minimal wind and not a cloud in the sky. By far the best day since Guy and Sue's arrival. Unfortunately it was their departure day as they are meeting a friend in Custer for 3-4 days before they head on to parts unknown.

Goodbye guys, come again!

We are waiting for 2-3 days with no rain and minimal wind before we get back up on the roof and tackle the rest of the house roof. Looking at the extended forecast it looks like we might have a chance next week!

The rancher we lease our pasture to move some of his cattle over the other day. Nice to see them roaming in front of the camper. The calves are super cute and other than having to open and close a couple of gates it is no big deal at all.

And the bluebirds have moved back into the neighborhood! They are busy fighting the swallows for the nesting boxes and one has even set up residence in the bathroom of the house, who knew we would not be the first to sleep in the new house!