Sno Cat Time

This time of year, life gets crazy. Back to back Christmas parties … decorating … Christmas cards. Add to that, a daughter trying to get to Germany to attend her previous foreign exchange student’s graduation from medical school … and the flight is canceled due to weather. She can’t make it in time.

Stress.

One of the parties we attended yesterday involved driving up a mountain to Tollgate, Oregon. Left town on packed snow … cars sliding … one with its left tires hanging on the divider leaving the car dangling on its side. Some freezing rain. Then some really thick fog.

Stress.

Then I had a life moment.

Friends at the party had arrived from their cabin in their Sno Cat. Ever taken a ride in one of those? It’s not a smooth one. I felt like a bobble-head as we traveled through the snow to their cabin.

Next time you need some stress relief, take a ride in a Sno Cat. Laughter is the best medicine.