overcast, cloudy and cool domonated the day. there is a storm coming, i can feel it in my shoulders. when i was a young'un i had a gate bar smack me across the shoulders when i lived out at the farm. ever since ive ben able to tell storms coming by how stiff and sore my shoulders are. its a comin'.

only one dead head today. Matt picked him off at just a hiar over 800 yards with my 8mm mauser. it was one hell of a shot. That kid would have made a fine sniper in another time. We started making plans for restocking this summer. firewood is low, as are fuel supplies.

Jay still wants to go east but unless we get more snow to drive the sleds on and colder temps to keep the dead heads at bay, that may be out of the question. i sincerly feel for the guy as he wants in the worst way to know one way or the other. its only around 80 miles to gettysburg and we could make the trip in a long day and another day back. Hard riding too. we'l see what the weather brings.