20-Dec

Getting a bit behind.

Gas dropped to 1.679 12/19 in GR, at the same time gas in Bemidji was 1.659. Closest it's been for some time.

On the way back from Bemidji about 6:30 12/19 we passed a fresh accident scene. Found out this morning that a semi load of OSB tried to pass a pickup truck just east of Bena, the semi lost control on the very icy highway, side-swiped the pickup, spun, and flipped. The pickup went off the road, the driver was apparently uninjured, the semi looked like it had been wadded up and thrown into the trees, wheels on the tractor were up and the cab was flattened down nearly to the engine; the trailer was bent and twisted with OSB flung over the surrounding area. The driver of the semi was flown to St Luke's in Duluth with broken ribs and a punctured lung. Very lucky. We were about 15 minutes behind the accident, emergency vehicles passed us maybe a mile before the scene. We had to wait while they cleared the highway of debris, then, while they were still waiting for Luke's One to arrive, they allowed traffic thru.

Just about 1-1/2 weeks ago, a couple of miles further east on Highway 2, a VW Jetta suddenly swerved out into an oncoming lumber truck. The driver of the Jetta was dead at the scene, both vehicles were destroyed by fire. The semi driver had minor injuries. The roads were clear and dry at the time, there was no other traffic, and no-one alive today knows why the Jetta suddenly swerved into the oncoming traffic.

Picked up a block heater the other day, O'Reilly's was surpried that they actually received all 3 that they ordered. Still have not decided how or where or when to install the heater.

It's starting to snow again. 4-6 inches forecast for today, 8 to 16 inches forecast over the weekend. I'm afraid we won't be going very far this weekend.