Sunday Perks Of Cold Weather

Horse whisperer Erica Curless (now also part of The Spokesman-Review team producing the Monday Boomer U page) sez it’s “never good when your trailer tire passes you at 60 mph.” At the time, Erica was hauling a load of heifers for sale to Billings. The Les Schwab at Thompson Falls said it could replace her tire – next Wednesday. So Erica & Co. limped into the Les Schwab in balmy Missoula (9 degrees) to fix the tire. The road trip continued from there over the slick-as-snot pass near Livingston (minus 20 degrees). Fourteen hours later, Erica made it to Billings Livestock Commission. It was 14 below in Billings. Sums up our Country Girl: “Who needs Botox when it’s 14 below? Cheeks frozen in smile”/ DFO , Sunday Huckleberries. More here.

SR weekend columns:

• New taproom lets River City flow /Rick Bonino’
• Slice: Pay no attention to chorus of boos /Paul Turner
• Eye on Boise: Dem ticket pleases ex-guv /Betsy Russell
• Mother Nature gave EWU gig a cold shoulder /Doug Clark
• Smart Bombs: Justice denied, innocence lost /Gary Crooks
• Time to decide what value we place on parks /Shawn Vestal
• Stage actors share secrets of strong memories /Jim Kershner
• Weather turned blue turf blue but Eags loved it /John Blanchette

Question: How are you doing surviving the cold snap?