This was the final photo Amanda and I took together last weekend. It was in the mid minus 20s (much warmer than it would be even a day later) when we walked out to her car before she left. She started it up, we swept it off, and we took the time for a long kiss in the cold before she had to leave.
If she was still here a day later when it was -39, I think we would've had to kiss through our scarves if we tried for the same photo.
It's funny writing about saying goodbye to Amanda tonight because I'll be seeing her in less than 24 hours. Provided the roads and weather cooperate (never a sure thing, but they're looking okay right now), I'll be driving to Grande Prairie tomorrow afternoon and we'll be saying hello again. ...And that's enough to put a smile on my face tonight. :-)
Well, Mother Nature cooperated with us, and Amanda was able to drive out today. It has snowed, and the wind was blowing all day, but it wasn't enough to keep Amanda from coming to visit!
That said, the low temperatures and the wind have combined to make it unlikely that we'll do much in the way of taking photos while she's here in Tumbler Ridge. We may head out and try for a couple (I'd really like to take one of us kissing in front of town hall!), but when the wind chill is -32, it's not very conducive to taking photos. We may have to settle for photos where we're kissing through our scarves...
In any case, I'm very happy that the weather cooperated enough for Amanda to visit this weekend, and I'm going to finish up this blog post quickly so I can enjoy the rest of the time I have with her before she leaves tomorrow afternoon.
