I Am So Tired Of Being Cold

[Beach Boy]

<sigh>
We left our Elkmont+truck in Fort Myers Fl area end of December and flew back to the great white north for business/family/recreational reasons. My wife really likes X-country skiing and to "frolic" in the snow.

But it got down to -32C (-27F) the other night, plus the "frolic" has turned to "shovel". And we're really getting tired of carrying in more wood for the stove.

So the return to Fort Myers next week is looking better and better. We plan on slowly hauling everything back up to Ontario, arriving around the end of March.

Sounds like a good plan except I would mosey back to Ontario at the end of April.

 

[brulaz]

Sounds like a good plan except I would mosey back to Ontario at the end of April.

Well, Spring is real nice up here too. The snow is melting/gone, the birds are coming back, tree's are beginning to leaf out, daffodils are coming up. The days are longer. You can do things outside that don't involve shoveling snow. Eventually the black flies come out but until then ...

And realistically, we can't stay away for more than 6-8 weeks at a time. There's only so much that can be done, business-wise, by email. And the Elkmont does get a "little" cramped after that long too. And maybe we do get a little homesick ...

 

[OneMoBear]

Our whole-house humidifier is normally really great but in frigid temps like this (currently -15) it tends to ice up the windows and sliding glass door. The dogs think we have gone totally stupid because we won't (can't) open the door for them. Hopefully the space heater will thaw it out fairly soon . . .

Malinda

 

[Bluegrass]

6 degrees this morning at 8 a.m. Canadian cold front came down last night and is freezing everything from Montana to Mexico. Good day to look at the outside from the inside.

 

[TravlinOn]

Beach Boy, I'm with you on the idea of waiting until the end of April vs March for northward travel. When I lived in Indiana, a few years back, March seemed to be the time for blizzards and those "I sure wish it weren't snowing again snowstorms!".

I won't mention the temp outside here right now, but I will mention that I had to cut the grass yesterday. I called up one of my favorite campgrounds to see if I could get into the park this weekend, and the response was "no way!". They're jammed with license tags from snow (blizzard) country until mid-March.

Oh well, God bless 'em - we need their money!

 

[PopBeavers]

My wife flew from San Jose to Chicago yesterday. She took the first flight out, non stop.

She landed around 1:30. The airport was closed at 3:00

Anyone that intended to fly for the west coast to Chicago, if they left later than she did at 7:30 AM, then they did not make it. The only flight from SJC to ORD was that 7:30 flight. All other were canceled.

It was snow flurries at the airport, with light to moderate winds. By the time she got to the hotel the winds were high and the snowfall was heavy. A huge change in the weather for just an hour.

Right now it is 60F. The high should be 65 later today.

Chicago is 23 with a wind chill of 9. It was -9 earlier this morning.

Companies that do the annual sales kickoff meeting should not plan on going to Chicago in February.

 

[B&T2]

February annual sales kickoff meetings should always be held in Key West

Tim

 

[OneMoBear]

We have a few visitors today

This always happens when it is really cold

Malinda

 

[PopBeavers]

The day time high yesterday was 73 degrees.

Time to park the truck and take the motorcycle to work. Spring weather is here, at least for awhile.

 

[OneMoBear]

Now, that's just cruel We keep wondering what the weather is like on the river, where we would be, were it not for those dang kitchen appliances I just had to have . . .

 

[thewitzclan]

try being an at&t repairman in michigan (10 degrees today). i was up a pole 30' high and the wind was ripping me apart. i'm still trying to thaw out in front of the fireplace. can't wait for summer!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Wavery]

try being an at&t repairman in michigan (10 degrees today). i was up a pole 30' high and the wind was ripping me apart. i'm still trying to thaw out in front of the fireplace. can't wait for summer!!!!!!!!!!

Sorta sounds like when I was sailing in Antarctica.....and it was Summer.....

 

[OneMoBear]

try being an at&t repairman in michigan (10 degrees today). i was up a pole 30' high and the wind was ripping me apart. i'm still trying to thaw out in front of the fireplace. can't wait for summer!!!!!!!!!!

Gene worked every outside job the phone company ever had, for years and years in Wyoming. Me, I'm a wimp. I started working outside in California and only worked cable repair in Wyoming for three years . . .

Malinda

 

[thewitzclan]

I'm an outside cable tech myself. been doing it for 32 years and still can't do wire work with gloves on. my hands show it too. blessed to still be working though.

 

[PopBeavers]

It was so cold this morning when I left the house at 7:00 that I had to wear a jacket.

41F.

It probably won't get any warmer than 65 today.

I'm going skiing on Friday. The last time I was skiing it was 70 degrees. I had to wear a long sleeve shirt.

The well known high cost of living in California is caused by the weather tax.

 

[OneMoBear]

It was so cold this morning when I left the house at 7:00 that I had to wear a jacket.

41F.

It probably won't get any warmer than 65 today.

I'm going skiing on Friday. The last time I was skiing it was 70 degrees. I had to wear a long sleeve shirt.

The well known high cost of living in California is caused by the weather tax.

You are indeed evil I lived in CA for 23 years, I chose to leave. Please don't feel sorry for me

Malinda

 

[OneMoBear]

I'm an outside cable tech myself. been doing it for 32 years and still can't do wire work with gloves on. my hands show it too. blessed to still be working though.

I hear you! I always thought I looked like Frankenstein . . . like someone had sewn on my hands because my arms were so white and my hands were so dark.

Malinda

 

[Beach Boy]

Here in North Alabama, we are getting ICE and snow about every three days. Many people do not realize that we generally receive a layer of ice with a snowfall. I saw a newscast from New York talking about how unusual it was for them to receive ice and how dangerous it is. Welcome to my world this year.

I am so tired of being cold. I want to go to Miami.