Gropple

Photo by Ken W. Hall

Ken took this photo on Tuesday in Bozeman.  We were on our way to Billings for my eye doctor appointment. Gropple began to fall just as we drove into town.  As  you can tell it is January and the streets are clear of snow and ice.

We stayed with friends in Bozeman that night and it was eight degrees the next morning when we continued on to Billings.  There were two large areas of ice covered roads from the brief storm that passed through but they were pretty clear when we made our way back home.  It never got above twenty-five.

On Thursday when we reached Norris there was about an inch of snow and the road up Norris hill was icy.  But, Ennis was dry and in the twenties.

This morning the wind is blowing and it is thirty degrees outside.  I am amazed that it is mid-January and we do not have snow.  Farmers are concerned and ski areas are hurting.  What a strange winter we are experiencing.