The Roads are Icy !!!

The roads are quite icy. My son's bus was cancelled today, so he got to stay home. A good day for some father/son time. We saw a lot of wildlife today for it being so windy. 30 wild turkeys and a pair of Red Tailed hawks. I tried to get them while they were in the tree, but to no avail. As soon as I put the window down - they flew. I did get one not too bad picture of one of the soaring, but the shot I was hoping for was when they were in the tree beside each other.

Back to the roads....they are icy - very icy. So icy in fact that as we were going up one, we failed to make it up the hill. Then I had to back down the hill - the icy hill. Isaac wasn't too happy about going backward down the hill. And to top it off, a farm truck - A farm transport was coming behind us. We made it to the opposite side of the road and let him pass...then we watched. He had the hammer down, going up the hill, but as he reached the peak - he almost stopped. His tires were spinning, and all I could think was - This is not going to be good. After about 15 seconds, he made it over the top. Now it was our turn. I got a good run at the hill, and this time we made it. But we did slow down from 60km/hr to 15km/hr by the time we reached the top.

We made it home, safe and sound. A fun and exciting day !

A mild spell coming our way.

Finally, after 6 continuous weeks of cold, windy, snowy weather it looks like we will be getting a reprieve. Now for anyone that lives a warm climate, -1 C seems cold....To us Canadians that is t-shirt weather. It's been cold here, especially at night. The last couple weeks -24 or -25C at night was normal. Daytime highs -12C to -10C were regular. Economically cold weather means higher heating costs, poorer gas mileage, more snow removal and more time spent indoors. Am I complaining - absolutely not - it's the reality that I am living in, nothing more, nothing less.

The next few days is actually going to push into the positive temperatures....+2 C to + 4C during daytime hours and -3C to -6C at night. Very bearable. It will mean however that the roads are going to get very rough and bumpy. The freezing and thawing is not kind to our highways. Add to that the potholes that are going to start to get bigger. Today I noticed that there is water lying on the streets in town. The salt is working, and the water is starting to puddle. It's not flowing yet because there is still snow and ice blocking the storm drains...It's going to be a messy week. If you are driving - try not to splash the pedestrians :) It's bad enough splashing someone in the summer when it is warm, but when it is cold and the water has a high content of salt and sand in it - that's just wrong. 

Have a great next few days friends, enjoy the warm up - spring is around the corner !!