Rich, I've been showing the pictures to my students today in class. The majority of them have NEVER seen snow before. 
Take them on a field trip to Rich's house, and give each of them a snow shovel, and let them see just how light and fluffy, snow is. Then you can put the smallest, on the roof, to shovel off the snow load there. I bet Rich would even feed them, and give each of them, a real honest to goodness, honest Injun arrow, to take home with them.
In fact, I bet OL Rich would even go so far as to let each of them chop fire wood, to warm up, and see what our pioneer ancestors had to do to survive the harsh winters. Boy, what a lesson in history. Then take them ice fishing. But first put inner tubes around them, for when they slip and fall, and if they should find the only thin spot on the lake. Give them foot ball helmets, and elbow, knee, and shin guards, also. Yepher, I just bet OL Rich, being the kind Hearted guy he is, would go all out for those kids, letting them chop fire wood, shovel snow off his roof, and then piling it up on the sidewalk, and maybe after lunch, they could make a real honest to Nanook goodness Igloo! Right on the sidewalk where they piled the snow from Rich's driveway, and roof. Then I bet Rich would even let them stack that fire wood, and learn how to do it properly, with an artistic style. Shoot, I bet he would even give an extra biscuit to the kid who got the field mice out of the existing wood pile, and even let the kid who ran off the skunk that was living there also, stay in the igloo, for the rest of his stay. He could even borrow Rich's Coleman lantern, and camp stove to make hot chocolate, and cook his own food, just like Inuits do. Even cook fat back and pretend it is whale blubber. Boy, what a win, win, situation that would be. So start talking to some of the kids parents. I am sure they would love to be rid of the kids for a week or two. Who knows, maybe there will be a new baby Sister, or Brother, in the hanger, when they get back to the flight line. Boy wouldn't they have something to talk about with the other kids! Aww man, did we have a blast, we did all kinds of pioneer stuff, Man, that guy let us chop firewood, and have contests to see who could chop the most wood, and stack it, in an hour, and then we had snow ball fights, he showed us how to make a slush ball, and compress it, and man it is like a hard ball. Hey bill show them where your front teeth used to be! Then Tommy caught a Skunk, and then he got to live in the real igloo, and the guy said he will make a hat for him. He said the Indians, thought those who wore a Skunk hat instead of a Racoon hat were ..... special!
Hey you should see about getting in Mr. Parnell's class. It's a cool class! It's all in how you word it to them.
Sort of like the military recruiters
Take it easy up there, We are trying to take it easy down here, it has been stormy, and rainy, and now..... there is a cold front here, and it is damp, and COLD, why it must be in the upper 60's to low 70's at the moment. Well I guess we all have to suffer in our own ways, to survive. Now where did I put those long sleeve shirts, I had one time. Oh, in Montana. Oh well I guess I will just have huddle under my sheet, to stay warm. Ooooh, a cold beer first.
Thanks for the Pictures, Rich.
Wayne
