There's Cold in Them Thar Hills

Suddenly, it's freezing up here in my mountains of Afghanistan. So I got to trade in the old, ugly summer hat for a new, ugly winter hat :)

In truth, it's only cold at night and in the mornings. By day, it's still almost a hundred degrees. JUST LIKE St. Louis!

Last night, we got our first snow. It didn't stick down here but the mountain tops are donning their winter coats and the flies are dropping like ... er... flies.

Fortunately, the Taliban tend to hunker down during the winter so hopefully the snow will bring the much-needed "chilling effect" on the death toll.

On a personal note, I was recently advised by a weathered vet (pun intended) of the Afghanistan winters to invest in a one-piece insulated snow suit for those 2am December bunker alerts. Shiver, Shiver. Maybe Iraq wasn't really so bad. Just kidding, Mom.