Dec 6, 2013 Yikes! It's Cold!

A cold, cold Columbia River

Wednesday 12/4. When the temperature falls below 10, I can't really tell the difference.  Cold is cold.  It did make it back up to 10 for our high today.  But as I said, cold is cold.  Must be getting used to it as I went for a little hike, then brought the wood in.  JB started all the vehicles, then drained the generator's oil of 0 to 100 oil and refilled it with -20 to 50 oil.

It was the perfect day for roasted red pepper and tomato soup with a toasted cheese sandwich.  Costco now carries that soup and I have become addicted.  Reminiscent of the Campbell's soup of my childhood but so much better.

JB is going Down There tomorrow to buy more diesel gas, pick up the mail and do some Christmas errands.  Now with the wind chill forecast of -17, I am going to wait til Monday to go to town.

RJ is at his cabin and plans to come up for breakfast tomorrow morning.  With these temperatures, he is finding all the cracks where the cold air is coming in!

We spent the late afternoon cooking.  JB baked bread sticks to go with the pasta I was making, and brownies for desert.  I made a huge batch of meatballs, half of which we will put on the pizza for dinner on Friday.

Thursday 12/5.  It is 0 and overcast with a few snowflakes drifting down.  They are very tiny, and a definitely drifting, not falling.  By the time JB left for Down There at 9:30 am, the snow had increased a bit and remained like that for the rest of the day.  But it was so light, that it barely changed what was on the ground.  

Because it was so cold and he has no heater in his Jeep, JB couldn't get all the ice off of the windshield.  It took him 20 minutes to go the first two miles of our road, mainly because he couldn't see that well.  The first item on his list became de-icer!  

My main chore was to wash the dishes and I swear we must have used almost every pot, pan and bowl we had yesterday!

JB picked up the card from the game cam on his way back up.  Lots of wildlife activity lately.  We have videos of lots of deer, a couple coyotes and two cougars.  One of which is quite large.  As soon as I figure out how to get a still photo from the video, I will post it.

Friday 12/6.  We woke up to a temperature of -1, two more inches of snow, and it is still coming down.  The flakes are very fine, which I am sure is due to the temperature.  Not sure if RJ is going to want to come up for breakfast or not.  Looks like it is time to hibernate. . .

Thought for the day:  An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.  G.K. Chesterton