Happy New Year ramblings

11am Sunday...before the sun came out

OB is great at keeping 'color' in the parkas

This box turtle almost looks like a large sea shell

ORMOND BEACH, FL - - It's Dec. 31; sunny; nearly 80-degrees.  Does anyone know where winter is??  Ah, yes. We should not try to rub our good fortune in the snow banks / icy roads / cold temperatures of those we have visited during our travels.
     Here's a short scorecard for new years day:  Tucson, AZ.  We've house sit in June when it was 115-degrees (and 7percent humidity).  NYD will see a high of 48 with the potential for scattered rain and snow. (Elevation 2540')
     Santa Fe, NM has one of our favorite campgrounds (Black Rock SP).  An 80 percent chance of snow; 20 degrees for the high.  (Elev. 6200')
     Anacortes, WA has a campground right at the yacht basin...park the van and walk for a week or two.  Partly sunny and 48 degrees.  (Elev. 230')
     West Glacier, MT where West Glacier Campground is our home away  from home since 2011.  It'll be a balmy 22 degrees with 'only' a 20 percent chance of snow.  (Elev. 3165')
     No complaints here about 80-degrees and sunny as the OB forecast.
     And finally, as I was heading out this morning to meet a group of grumpy old men for bagels and coffee, I noticed a box turtle trying to make its way across a narrow stretch of our driveway.   But not making much progress at all.  So my good deed for the day was to move mr. or mrs. box onto a shaded grassy area ... saying "live long and prosper."
     HAPPY NEW YEAR