Dec 20th - First Snow

The weather today was not supposed to be bad. I had procrastinated about getting the RV winterized, knowing that I didn't have to do it until today. For several days the low for tonight has been forecast to be 20 degrees. I wanted to get it done before it got that cold.

 Last night when I looked at the weather the forecast was for rain today. Not great for doing the winterizing, but not to bad. During the night we had a thunderstorm go through. We only got a little rain, and some some pretty good wind. This morning was something of a shock.

Looking out over the upstairs patio doors.

 Looking out the lower level patio doors.

 This was the scene on my way back to the house from the RV, about noon.

 My fingers were numb, my feet were wet, and I was cold. Temperature was 31 with wind gusts reported to be as high as 51 mph, wind chill 16 degrees. The combination of  cold and wind is the worst I have experienced in almost two years, since the winter of 2010 while still living in Indiana. It is going to take a little time for these old bones to get used to the cold again.

Coming in to the house and getting to see three generations of noodle makers made it all worthwhile. (Actually I think Kathy was doing the noodle making while Kelsey and Lydia were watching. Lydia was enjoying playing in the flour.)

I didn't actually get the RV winterizing finished. I ran out of RV antifreeze. (I pumped the first gallon into the water tank I was draining because I forgot to turn off a bypass valve.) I'm comfortable that I have everything protected except the washer, the ice maker and the drain traps. I have a light bulb on behind the refrigerator. It will protect the ice maker. I left the heat on in the RV so the washer and traps are okay. I will pick up some more antifreeze tomorrow when we go to Jefferson City. I have to do a little research on the Internet to re-learn how to winterize the washer and the ice maker. If I remember correctly the washer is easy enough, but the ice maker is a pain.

Have a great day. May God bless you and yours.