walkinthewalk;197081942 Manymanymany moons ago (late 1960’s) we would stay at Friedman’s Lodge on Lake Nip****ing and fish. I loved that area. [/QUOTE said:Well it was NOT me that bleeped out the name of the lake; it was the HF software. This is ridiculous—————
Not brave at all, I'm actually kind of a wimp and have poor circulation so I have to be careful with my extremities. Still, properly dress in several layers, it's quite comfortable! Wind is a huge factor though, of course, and at -20, my rides will be more like half an hour rather than an hour. You just really have to dress for it. It's taken me a while to assemble the right wardrobe, but now that I have, I don't mind going out in those temperatures. Now -40, that's something I have probably never experienced! I remember it going down to -37C a few times, but not -40. That's nuts. It would be awful for Harley.Well, I think today is the coldest day that I have done horse chores in my entire life. It it is a temperature of -41 with a windchill of -48. The ice crystals are just kind of hanging in the air so it even looks super cold.
I wish I could leave a round bale out, but I fork feed hay every day. It is good exercise for me, but when it is this cold I would rather not. My one guy has heaves, so having his face shoved in a round bale just won't work. But I am going through hay 2-3 times faster when it has been this cold; I head out about 3 times during the day to give them more hay and make sure they are OK.
I think today is the coldest day, then things slowly get a bit better; by next Monday I think we are -3.
Our winter has been pretty mild up until this cold spell.
@Acadianartist, you are much braver than I am. I might take the horses for a hand walk down the road in -20, but I will not ride in anything colder than -8 to -10. My toes and hands just get way too cold.
By the time it gets up to -20 that might just feel balmy now! LOL
Dang you had us beat in your high temp of -9. We had a high of -6 today already -17 going to warm up over night. Then big snow storm for Friday into Saturday.Well, it warmed up, only -35 over night and daytime highs of -23C, woohoo! So I am outside, working in the dark, fumbling with phone flashlight app, then *palm face*. I had this all along...
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