I write this at the beginning of what is evidently going to be THE SNOWSTORM of the last 7 years. It is Seriously Snowing, as you can see from my “Pokey-in-the-snow” pix, and Weatherbug’s been chirping madly on my computer warning that we are due for 12-20 inches before Sunday morning! We haven’t had a storm like this since the Ice Storm that hit when we first bought the Inn building in 2002, and it really is something to behold! It’s beautiful and wondrous, seasonally appropriate, etc., BECAUSE we are on the inside, toasty-warm and looking out, & because Dan made sure we had enough wood chainsawed into manageable logs for the fireplace, propane, candles, batteries for flashlights, etc. (I had one small “Oh, s***!” moment tonight when the power went out for 10 seconds, and put my head in my hands in despair, but then it all came on again, and life resumed!) And so, with mugs of Chef Dan’s turkey gumbo & glasses of red wine at the ready, we were all set when Route 52 shut down & we could take lovely, still photos of the Pocahontas RR chugging by from our front porch! Route 52’s been plowed now (gotta keep The Highway open for our coal trucks, dontcha know!), and it’s literally a twinkling, snow-covered wonderland out there- right out of a Currier & Ives engraving! It’s 1:20a.m, and our Inn guests are tucked up into their beds and the table is set for their breakfast, Pibble-Bear, Lady & Kitty are snug in their bed, and I am winding down: Facebooking (started an album of Pokey-in-the-snow pix for our railfans on the Elkhorn Inn “fan” page) , Tweeting, eBaying, Sweeping, & Blogging… because we still have power! Yay! LOL
