IT'S SO COLD THAT.......

Talk about cold, when we got up this morning the temperature was -37C without the wind chill factored in! By noon it had warmed up to a balmy -23C. We even heard some places were recording temperatures of -38C. Fortunately, there was little or no wind around otherwise it would have been a very different story.
Starting up our vehicles went OK however it is interesting how everything changes once you get below -30C. The doors creek, the dials on the dashboards become stiff and hard to move and the trees make a "cracking" sound as they adapt to the cold. The stars in the night sky seem to shine that much more brightly in the crisp air as well. 
So far, we haven't seen any snowmobiles on the lake as the ice has just been too unreliable up to now. We imagine that by the weekend the thickness of the ice will be sufficient ....however where ever you decide to venture make sure that the surface is safe! 
We noticed that Hidden Valley Ski area has taken advantage of the cold weather to make heaps and heaps of machine made snow. That should make for great conditions on the slopes right into spring time.
Annie, our border terrier had her winter coat on when she was out snowshoe-ing with us today. The trails now have a good covering of snow. Funny how winter looked like a loss a week ago when it was raining and the snow was melting away. 
Winter has finally reclaimed it's ownership of January. Bring it on!