Bill Arnold's Daily Straydog Log
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 14 2004
Skeleton crew makes it to Straydog this morning
Tina made it to the entrance to the driveway and walked up our hill to start preparing the dogs' breakfasts at 6:00 a.m.
Bobby's light pickup truck went in the ditch just a short distance from Straydog, and he walked the rest of the way. He was about a half hour late, but he made it.
Chico was an hour late due to having to drive very slowly, but he made it, and his front-wheel-drive vehicle climbed our driveway without a problem.
John, who rides his bike 20 miles to and from work, called before seven o'clock saying that he would be late, and as of post time he hasn't arrived. We hope he's okay but have no way to reach him.
I drove up from Straydog to my father's in Richardson in the rain and snow last evening, and when I got within about 10 miles of Dallas, the bad weather stopped and the roads were dry and clear. This morning, as the photo above shows, the Dallas area was (and still is) covered with what looks like at least an inch of snow.
Juana stayed at Straydog all night last night so she could take my six a.m. shift as hospital attendant and manage our shelter in my absence, and she'll stay till I get back, hopefully this evening or Sunday morning.
The latest report from Straydog is that it's still snowing there, and all the dogs are having a great time playing in it. I asked Juana to take a lot of pictures today. Hopefully by Sunday I'll be able to post some of the 20 or 30 photos I took during yesterday's "snow event," as the weather people are calling periods of snowfall now.