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Originally Posted by JRTJH
In mid-January we had about 40" of snow. That melted/froze/melted/drifted/froze and essentially froze the pole barn door to the ground. The same thing happened the first winter we had the Cougar stored in the pole barn and I thought I'd fixed the drainage/clearance issues so it wouldn't happen again.... Well, not with that much snow, so right now, we're "held captive" and can't get the Cougar out of the pole barn to head south. It was our plan to leave this week, head to south Louisiana, visit relatives, then head west along I-10 to El Paso and points west to the Grand Canyon, then head north to Reno/Lake Tahoe and as it warms up, head back east toward Yellowstone, then north to Glacier NP. By then we'd hoped it would be June and we could spend some time in the mountains with the Slingshot. Anyway, it looks like we're going to be about 30 days delayed, but who knows.... We've got the stuff to put in the trailer in boxes in the closet in the garage, so it's only a matter of throwing it all in the Cougar, hitching the Slingshot trailer and heading south. We'll de-winterize once we hit warm weather....
As for your "winter camping trip" It was -17F this morning when I woke up and the high today was 16F, so no thanks, You can "enjoy" all the winter camping you want, I'm happy that someone does, it just "ain't me"..... LOL
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That sounds like a great trip plan!! Could a determined guy with a weedburner and a propane tank melt the ice enough to free the door without harming the building or is it some of that 6" thick sheet ice and its just a futile task??
Its was only single digits lows one night and teens as overnight lows. Coldest high was 19-21* depending on whos thermometer it was.
Fingers crossed you at lease get into a freeze thaw cycle as it sounds like you are sub freezing 24 hours a day still.