I am in Littleton, Co, right now, visiting old friends. Leah, unfortunately, had to stay at home with Sam and the cats.

I arrived at my friends’ house around 9:30 local time on Friday after an almost 900-mile drive from O’Fallon, Il, where I had spent the night after driving from the New River Gorge in West Virginia. The weather along the way was quite nice, and it continued into Saturday.

On Saturday most of us went to see a car museum and then to a brewery, where they were having an animal benefit. There was a big crowd that had spilled outside into the bright and warm afternoon. There we sat and (most of us) sipped a beer while watching the people, the dogs, and this:

A French bulldog disguised as a mountain lion.

The weather has turned cold and snowy, resulting in this scene in my friends’ back yard on Monday.

Today, Tuesday, the snow is around 4 or 5 inches deep. There is light snow falling with more expected through the day. The roads are slippery enough that a trip to see a motorcycle museum in Colorado Springs this morning was cancelled, along with some school and work. My weather app tells me it’s 17F now in Littleton, while it’s 67F back home in Georgia. We’re going for a high of 19F, and a low tonight of 9F.

My friends have a dog, Elroy, whose picture I have posted before. Here he is getting ready to go outside for a quick bathroom break.

Poor Elroy is suffering from arthritis that makes it hard for him to walk and painful for us to watch. He’s snoring right now on a pad next to where I am typing this.

I have remarked before on how much he looks like Zeke. When I hear his nails tapping on the floor I expect to see my old dog.