It's cold, so where's the snow!
On Wednesday, at 11:39 PM, winter arrived in MN:
Sunday 26th.................Hi 48°F......Lo 21°F
Monday 27th................Hi 53°F......Lo 36°F
Tuesday 28th...............Hi 55°F......Lo 30°F Rain
Wednesday29th...........Hi 30°F......Lo 9°F
Thursday 30th.............Hi 17°F.......Lo 7°F
Friday Dec 1st..............Hi 22°F......Lo 7°F
Saturday Dec 2nd........Hi 12°F......Lo 7°F Flurries
And this giant blizzard hits the Mid-west last week, but the whole thing misses Minnesota!
I'm glad that we didn't get a ton of snow or have our power go out. However, it would be nice to have the ground white again in time for our party this weekend.
Anyway, on Friday it was clear skies and and a bitter 8 degrees when I departed St. Paul for Cedar Rapids, or "The Jewel of Central Iowa" as I call it. (Sorry, Des Moines.)
As it turned out, I did have to fly into the blizzard, but I was on the extreme northern edge of it. In fact, I could see this amazingly straight edge of very dark clouds covering Illinois while I was flying in clear skies across Iowa. ( I later told Stace about flying into "the heart of darkness".)
As I approached Davenport, IA, (my second stop of the day) the weather there was 1/2 mile visibility and blowing snow. I mumbled something to the effect, "Please God, make the weather improve suddenly". I guess I was slightly closer to Heaven at that moment and shortly before landing the weather improved to 7 miles visibility and a few scattered clouds in only 10 minutes!
Later that night, Stace and I met up with some folks from the Northfield Bike Club down at the Contented Cow for some pints.
Now, most of the guys on the Northfield Bike Club are also avid cross country skiers. So every one is dying to have a good, lasting snowfall.
Except me. I'm not like most Minnesotans who own Snowmobiles that run on Nitrous Oxide, or the ones who just purchased a snow blower with a 6.5L Turbo Diesel engine capable of plowing every drivway on the block in 9 minutes while towing a dump truck full of salt.
All I want is a few inches of white stuff on the ground, and then for it to be about 20 degrees all winter.
Oh, and the lakes to freeze over soon so I can go ice fishing!
Yeah, nothing beats the taste of freshly caught ice.
Sunday 26th.................Hi 48°F......Lo 21°F
Monday 27th................Hi 53°F......Lo 36°F
Tuesday 28th...............Hi 55°F......Lo 30°F Rain
Wednesday29th...........Hi 30°F......Lo 9°F
Thursday 30th.............Hi 17°F.......Lo 7°F
Friday Dec 1st..............Hi 22°F......Lo 7°F
Saturday Dec 2nd........Hi 12°F......Lo 7°F Flurries
And this giant blizzard hits the Mid-west last week, but the whole thing misses Minnesota!
I'm glad that we didn't get a ton of snow or have our power go out. However, it would be nice to have the ground white again in time for our party this weekend.
Anyway, on Friday it was clear skies and and a bitter 8 degrees when I departed St. Paul for Cedar Rapids, or "The Jewel of Central Iowa" as I call it. (Sorry, Des Moines.)
As it turned out, I did have to fly into the blizzard, but I was on the extreme northern edge of it. In fact, I could see this amazingly straight edge of very dark clouds covering Illinois while I was flying in clear skies across Iowa. ( I later told Stace about flying into "the heart of darkness".)
As I approached Davenport, IA, (my second stop of the day) the weather there was 1/2 mile visibility and blowing snow. I mumbled something to the effect, "Please God, make the weather improve suddenly". I guess I was slightly closer to Heaven at that moment and shortly before landing the weather improved to 7 miles visibility and a few scattered clouds in only 10 minutes!
Later that night, Stace and I met up with some folks from the Northfield Bike Club down at the Contented Cow for some pints.
Now, most of the guys on the Northfield Bike Club are also avid cross country skiers. So every one is dying to have a good, lasting snowfall.
Except me. I'm not like most Minnesotans who own Snowmobiles that run on Nitrous Oxide, or the ones who just purchased a snow blower with a 6.5L Turbo Diesel engine capable of plowing every drivway on the block in 9 minutes while towing a dump truck full of salt.
All I want is a few inches of white stuff on the ground, and then for it to be about 20 degrees all winter.
Oh, and the lakes to freeze over soon so I can go ice fishing!
Yeah, nothing beats the taste of freshly caught ice.
posted by Kevin and Stace @ 9:36 AM
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