finnaly up and about. man what a killer. jay and jed both are still out for the count but me and matt have bounced back some. i dont know whether it was some rouge flu strain that drifited in on the wind or food poisoning. either was it was pure misery.

Matt said he saw someone on horse across the river early this morning. the river ice is rotten from the warm weather and wouldnt send a dog across it, let alone a horse. the guy was looking at town through field glasses and Matt looked right back through my old spotting scope. the two saw each other about the same time and Matt said the guy looked things over and then rode away like he owned the place.

i hope he doesnt come back with freinds because we'd be in a bad way. two men down and most of out weapons are stored indoors to protect them from the cold. i had matt dismount the M-60s and bring everything inside after the last blow. one of the 60s was frozen solid with ice and took two days to get running right again. the FPWs are good to go but they chew through ammo like theres no tomorrow and its not like we can order any up off the internet. I gave matt one of the AK-47s we have for winter use as you can freze them solid and still blaze away. we'll see what tomorrow brings.

the snow is piled almost to the top of the barricade in places and its hard enough to walk on. bad juju if we get company of the ugly sort.