Enough Already!

Today we have a winter weather advisory for my area. Three to six inches of heavy snow is expected. Enough already! Sunday it was sunny and got up to forty-five. You what that means? It was a nice day for ice fishing on the lake. While the fishermen had to pull their shacks off the ice by state law, it is plenty safe for walking on yet.

The average ice-out date for the lake is around April 21. Things would have to warm up dramatically for that to happen this year. In the past it’s gone out as late as the middle of May. That’s rare, but possible this year. There was a good four feet of ice on the lake and that doesn’t melt overnight.

Most of my yard is still buried in up to three feet of snow. It has melted down in areas that have been getting a lot of sun. Where’s there’s shade, like under the trees, forget it. This is the winter that keeps on giving.

I’ve friends a hundred miles to the south of me who are in the process of prepping their garden. For weeks now they’ve been taking their coffee breaks outside. It’s claimed that Mt. Washington has the worse weather in the world. I believe it. I live north of the mountain and it’s a definitely a different climate zone from the southern part of the sate.

More fuel blocks for the woodstove is going to be delivered on Tuesday. I told the guy he can drop the pallet right on front of the sailboat and trailer. No doubt it’ll be mostly used up before I can launch the boat.

I pray to God that I am in a position to spend next winter in a warmer climate. Cabin fever is no joke.

-Sixbears