Jesus Christ it's a snowstorm get in the car!

Or not. Actually, in this kind of storm it's really better to be at home rather than driving. Yeah, I know it's May, but this is Alberta! We don't believe in normal weather, we consider snow in May, June, July and August to be perfectly acceptable. Hell, this makes it two winter storm warnings inside of a week! I just hope this one doesn't end with us trapped inside the house like the last one.

The job continues to be pretty cool, even though I've been flip-flopping between the road and the yard like a freakin' yo-yo. Last week I was on the night road spareboard, this week I'm set up on a yard job. Yeesh. But I did manage to go out on a west trip Saturday night, so that worked out beautifully. Had a great trip out, nearly ran over a bear at Banff, and made it into Field at seven in the morning. You know, the usual. (Hah!) We'd made it out of Alyth just ahead of the Mountaineer - the passenger train - and when we rolled through Banff, the passengers were starting to gather at the station. I still find it incredibly amusing to be zipping through on the big freight trains, and have all these tourists pointing at the engine and taking pictures. I felt like sticking my hand out the window, and waving like the Queen.

...Man, I'm glad I don't have to work for the next few days. It is one nasty storm out there.