Stranded

High winds of around 75 mph and a couple feet of snow yesterday put a kink in the plans of Career team that come out to talk to our high schoolers yesterday.  Unaccustomed to village travel, they weren't prepared to wait out the storm until it was safe to travel.

I fortunately have an extra bed & futon, so I invited the girls to stay with me.  I already had a chicken roasting in the oven for the watching of Survivor, so they joined in with us last night, and between us all, we had them covered for pillows and bedding.

The drifting snow was so deep that we had to wade through thigh high snow, it was quite the effort to get home from just a short distance away!

We had a blast!  This morning they were told no planes were going to be able to land until tomorrow at the earliest, but it was likely they would be here over the weekend.  I was glad for them when they got word this afternoon that someone had found a snowmachine ride for them back to Bethel, but was sad to see them go!

We somehow figured out that we have an indirect connection:  their boss has a nephew that was friends with Anna in college in Minnesota, and Anna used to stay with him and his family whenever she passed through Bethel.   It is a small world.