January 12

1/12/08: Saturday, 8:00 AM. 20 degrees, NW wind calm now, barometer up, predicting sun. Got back from a quick trip to Madison last night at 8:30. Drive down on Thursday was easy until around Baraboo, then the roads got bad. Trip back was O.K. until mid-state, then ice and snow north. From Stevens Point north, until dark, the state was like an Ansel Adams motion picture, if he had made one. An icing of snow was on every tree, bush an grass stem, beautiful! Got 3" of new snow last night. It promises to be a fine day!