Colder here. What's your temp? What ya burnin?

I swear this weather has got to break sometime. I'd rather post bbq in the snow pics than temps. Poplar n heating oil.

 

-21c/-6f this morning with doug fir burning away. We had a whopper of a snow storm last night and I had to spend 5 hours on the highways in poor conditions. Skies are clearing out a bit now and the sun is making an appearance. I think we will warm up a bit today.

 

5 hours is a long time to be gripping the wheel. How long is the trip in good weather?

 

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Getting down to a 2 week heap in the wood room. About ready for a refill .Found 2-16" punky rounds in the back corner . Quartered them up this morning and the beast has been chewing on punk and some coal all day. Dont remember throwing them in the wood room ,, but I do remember being in a hurry to get the wood in as it was early November before we finished. I've always had it finished up by end of summer in past .

 

We are at about 20" of snowfall for February so far. I looked at the 10 day forecast and there is a little more snow predicted here and there, and no significant warm-ups predicted during that time frame.

As much as I love winter, once those longer March days are upon us I will relish that first days when I feel that intense warm feeling in the sun as the temp finally hits 50f or 60f. Since joining this site and seeing everyone's pictures I have never been so appreciative, or have been so looking forward to being able to go into my woods and cut some firewood. Now my woods are under over 30" of snow.

 

One hour twenty minutes one way in good weather took me two hours one way and then the same back. I also had to do a 40 minute round trip highway drive that took me a total of an hour. Today my wife had an accident in the truck this afternoon that had her spin out across oncoming traffic and ended up off the highway in the snow. Some nice search and rescue folks that were passing by brought her home before I could get out there. Shes embarrassed but I said the same series of events likely would have happened to me as well. I went and helped the tow truck driver get the truck out. No damage to the truck but my wife has a stiff back. We arent sure if its from tightening of muscles under a stressful situation or something else. We will reassess tomorrow. Its the first time this has happened to either of us and weve lived here for 20 years.

 

All that matters is she is OK.

 

Hopefully it is just from her tensing up. Could have been a lot worse from the way it sounds.

 

It should go as always, the Yukon Quest (Whitehorse, Yt to Fairbanks, AK) is past half way its a 1,000 mile race. Should be coming to a head in the next few days. Its about a month to the Iditarod.

 

Get a Skandic and get to it, trying to show the way.

 

Glad she's ok.

 

X2 and happy belated birthday!

 

Thank you sir!

 

I am tempted to get one sooner than later. In the meantime, if I was up there now I would get after it with the old Tundras!! Albeit with smaller loads than what you are hauling.

 

27 here, ash and a few red oak uglies burning. Winds finally died down. Supposed to get up to 45 tommorrow, then drop on Friday.


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18F no wind & clear here, very nice night after 6" of blowing & drifting earlier. 40's tomorrow & slop again (sigh). Then back to cooler over the weekend. Elm & Oak in the boiler.

 

Sean , so glad to hear your wife is ok, that's scary stuff when that happens.

 

That's a few seconds that will make her thankful for the rest of her life. I hope her back is OK. Be careful out there!

 

25*-68*...got some maple n locust brewin.
Its still an ice castle here...temps 40's today...close to 50* tomorrow