We're happy to be in Bozeman on what may have been the worst air travel day of the year. Not all of our luggage is here, but we're still happy. Oh - and it's 20 degrees out and we're the ONLY people waiting around at the pickup area at the airport.

John blows snow at 5:30 in the morning. There was just an inch or so, but it's enough to use the Honda snowblower on. It kept snowing throughout the morning, so I tried my hand at shoveling.

The back fence in Bozeman at sunset.

The back fence in Bozeman, at sunset, in color

The Bridger Range, at sunset

The dining room at Mamomth Hot Springs by dawn's early light

too much flash on this snapshot!

The snowcoaches are just Chevy vans with Mattracks retrofitted. In this case, the 150M1-A1 model. It only takes two hours to switch back and forth between regular wheels and the Mat-tracks. Top speed is around 40 MPH before it gets really squirrelly.

Next to the snow-coach in the jacket that became known as "Mitch", the Michellin Man jacket. I was blown away when I found this jacket in the Bay Area, since I had been told about the 20-below temperatures that could be expected. As it turns out, there's a reason you can't usually buy jackets like this - they're too warm.