Area Fifty Whaa?

Following a hearty breakfast of frozen milk and cereal, we gathered our equipment, cameras, props and winter woolie's then packed the car and drove down to the first location, the Old Fallout Mine just outside Rachel (courtesy of Bob and Penny thank you again!).
  As mentioned previously, the sun and sand we had expected was replaced by sleet and snow and after consulting local weather experts, (Pat, Ryan and Betty) the bar keepers at the Little A'le'inn, we knew we had to make a choice - wait a few days and risk running out of time, or embrace the new weather and work around it... We chose the the latter and a few minor tweaks to the script later, we were shooting in the snow.
 We also met with our new cast member; a character actor we affectionately call 'The Hillbilly'.
The results of the morning were fantastic, other worldly even. It was mentioned by
Andrew, our director & A Camera operator, that had 'The Thing' not been remade so recently we could have had a great snow themed horror movie on our hands... but that would have been too easy. There were many more surprises to come.