Spring is near!!

cabinfever · 02-15-2014, 04:43 PM

How can I tell. The birds coming back? Crocus pushing through the snow? Nope! Cars on the track at Daytona!

**hankpage** · 02-15-2014, 04:47 PM

fla-gypsy · 02-16-2014, 04:31 PM

We have robins in the yard this week. It will not be long now

TAZ23 · 02-17-2014, 12:58 AM

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Originally Posted by cabinfever

How can I tell. The birds coming back? Crocus pushing through the snow? Nope! Cars on the track at Daytona!

Here in Northern Wisconsin the 500 is something to watch during the middle of Winter. It will be 2 more months before our average night time lows stay above freezing. last year it was the middle of May before the ground thawed and the campgrounds could turn the water back on. And this year who knows (we have over 7 feet of frost in the ground any where the snow has been plowed off). YUCK!!!!!

Jim & Kay · 02-17-2014, 05:35 AM

We have had a "Winter" to remember here in the mountains of Virginia but are more than ready for Spring to arrive. The Daytona 500 is a great past time while the snow is melting.

crash · 02-17-2014, 06:05 AM

We cannt wait til spring gets here,this has been one winter to remember for sure

JeffS · 02-17-2014, 05:42 PM

120" here along Lake Michigan with another 6-7" in process as I write this. Even if Spring is just around the corner I do not think we will melt until June.

gearhead · 02-25-2014, 06:36 PM

We're wearing shorts, cutting grass, and looking for snakes.

schwalbach · 02-25-2014, 06:57 PM

Yeah right here is the forcast:
Tonight Partly cloudy, with a low around -15. Wind chill values between -25 and -35. West northwest wind 11 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.
Wednesday A slight chance of snow before 2pm, then areas of blowing snow and a chance of snow between 2pm and 5pm, then snow likely after 5pm. Mostly sunny and cold, with a high near 10. Wind chill values between -25 and -35. West southwest wind 13 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
Wednesday Night Snow likely, mainly before 9pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around -14. Wind chill values between -25 and -35. Northwest wind 16 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
Thursday Mostly sunny and cold, with a high near -1. Wind chill values between -25 and -35. West northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Thinking about trading the camper in for a plane ticket to Hawaii and buying a tent to stay on the beach! Not sure the snow is going to melt before fall, frost is so deep we have to leave the water running or the pipes will freeze!

on the plus side bought 2 snowmobiles for Christmas and have 2,000 miles each so far this winter, and looks like a couple weeks at least left for the season!

Crank up the heat boys, with propane at $5.00 a gallon in Wisconsin we need all the help we can get to get through this year, record snowfall and record number of days below zero for the season!

KanTC · 02-25-2014, 10:22 PM

Happy they were able to finish the 500 on Sunday, and it didn't turn into Speed week'S'

Ready for Phoenix & Rattlesnake Hill...

Terri, the Chevy co-pilot

cabinfever · 02-26-2014, 05:37 AM

Phoenix has not had much rain this winter and the temps have been in the 80s most of the time. NASCAR is coming to town. This weekends forecast....temps in the upper 60s and rain likely!

SAABDOCTOR · 02-26-2014, 05:56 AM

YEA THAT SPRING IS STUCK IN A WALL OF ICE!

CAMPER STILL SKIRTED IN SNOW.

antiqfreq · 02-26-2014, 05:59 AM

That Daytona 500 was TOO much.........but I did stay up for it !

As far as spring, all our fruit trees are blooming and now tomorrow we
are getting 25 degrees. Today it is just rain, rain, rain.

I am SO ready for spring..........and I am tired of looking at that 55 degree pool. I wanna go in!

Jo

SAABDOCTOR · 02-26-2014, 06:30 AM

55 Degrees I would be in shorts!!!!! ah Someday it will warm up

**JRTJH** · 02-26-2014, 09:18 AM

I'm beginning to wonder if we will get a spring this year. Last night's low was -16, right now it's 1 and the high today (if it gets there) is 11. Snow predicted for the next 10 days, average 2-4" daily. Antiqfreq, fruit trees blooming already? Our lawn is still buried under an average 3-4' of snow. We are getting closer to our escape, but it's still jacket weather even "down there"... I know this is the time of year when we wonder if it'll ever end, but this year, it doesn't seem possible when looking outside..... I've renamed our driveway, TUNDRA ROAD.... there's no place to pile any more white stuff. <sigh>

SAABDOCTOR · 02-26-2014, 10:59 AM

WE THOUGHT LAST YEAR WAS BAD! HECK NO AND THE DANG COLD I NORMALLY BURN 2.5 TON OF PELLETS. SO FAR I AM AT 3 1/2 LOOKS LIKE USE 4 1/4 TON THIS YEAR! WE JUST HAD A SNOW SQUALL BLOW THROUGH NOW THE WIND IS KICKING UP WIND CHILL 0 TONIGHT TEMP WILL BE -2 ENOUGH ALL READY!! All that yelling made me feel warm

And you guys in the south remember we can send that next polar vortex your way HA HA

gearhead · 02-26-2014, 07:48 PM

I planted a triple grafted apple tree 3 weeks ago. Anna, Fuji, and Golden Dorsett limbs all on one tree. It has blooms all over it.
Cool front blew in yesterday...it's down to low 40 degrees. Brutal I tell ya, just brutal. Probably go fishin Saturday if the wind's not blowing too bad. Trinity Bay or Lake Livingston??

**JRTJH** · 02-26-2014, 08:15 PM

Gearhead,

We have relatives in Old Ocean and we will be south of there on the Gulf in the next few weeks. We'll be on the water and I guarantee we'll have adult beverages and fishing poles. The most "brutal" I want to think of is where to throw the empties LOL

**hankpage** · 02-26-2014, 08:28 PM

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Originally Posted by JRTJH

Gearhead,

We have relatives in Old Ocean and we will be south of there on the Gulf in the next few weeks. We'll be on the water and I guarantee we'll have adult beverages and fishing poles. The most "brutal" I want to think of is where to throw the empties LOL

John, When did you get the door open on the pole barn?????????? Unless you're flying down.

**JRTJH** · 02-26-2014, 09:19 PM

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Originally Posted by hankpage

John, When did you get the door open on the pole barn?????????? Unless you're flying down.

That's why I said, "in the next few weeks"..... So far, it's been above 20 2 days in the past 2 weeks. I poured "ice melt" around the door both days, now it looks like it's melted "a smidgen" and refrozen "tighter than before" <sigh> If it's not above freezing by St Patty's day, my DW has informed me that it's time to take the tractor to the door and we can fix it when we get back. Hmmmmm I'm thinking that "she who brought me back here" is getting cabin fever worse than I am

Her suggestion for supper tomorrow night is grilled chicken. The grill is on the back deck, buried in about 4' of snow with the cover frozen to it. The only way to grill is to possibly set the house on fire and wait until it burns through to the freezer ?????

Optimistically, we've got 2 or 3 weeks before it starts getting to "critical mass" on getting the pole barn open.... Hopefully by then things will have turned the corner.... (hopefully not the polar vortex corner)

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