T-Day Report

Yep, that's the view this morning about 7:30. It was still snowing; you just can't see it. It finally quit about 11am and most of it melted off before dark (but not all). My water hose is frozen -- well, actually, the water in it is frozen. Chuck got it loose from the pipe (the tall thing in the middle of the photo). As of right now (8:30pm), it's 6 deg.

Went up to the house (about 50 feet) about noon and took a nice hot shower. Also refilled one of my water jugs. Chuck provided a nice dinner about 3pm -- turkey, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, green beans, giblet gravy, jellied cranberry sauce, hot croissants. All good. About 7pm we had pumpkin pie with whipped cream, and that filled the last of the open space in the stomach.

We topped off the evening by watching a 2-hr competition called Punkin Chunkin. There were trebuchets, ballistas, air cannons, human-powered catapults, and more. The Mythbuster guys were there. It was actually great fun. I can't remember the category, but the first-ever all-woman team won it.

A nice day. Now to keep from freezing -- the heater is working full blast and we're at 58 deg inside the rig.