Adventure Location:
Decatur, Alabama
Date: January 16, 2024
Wow the .75 inch thick foam insulation we added years ago to all the windows and vents in the Castle had again proved extremely worthwhile. The window next to the table was doing a good job we found out when we removed a section of the foam to see what is happening outside. The inside of the window glass had a big patch of thin ice in the center of the glass.
That is the morning sun starting to get to us in the campground and it is welcome.
Later in the day when it got up to 14F we went out and started Sierra and let run to melt some of the ice off the windshield area. We even backed it up a few feet and drove it forward a couple of times. So far every thing is working OK.
It was a bit cool for a bit this morning so we put the stove burner to running on low flame. Since it is in the center of the trailer we termed it our central heat. That burner got us interested in fixing a batch of stoup. So now we have five meals of chicken and Mexican rice in the freezer.
From mid afternoon on we had bright sunshine and a heat wave came through and got us up to about 16f until the sun went down.
That is all the big excitement for us today. Tomorrow it is supposed to get up to about 34F tomorrow and we will get excited if it does.
Supposedly we have nearly a week more of this garbage weather to put up with before we can get busy trying to have tooooo much fun again.
Ah geez, that is really unusual down there, and wouldn't you know, you'd have to be right in it. Well, hang in there. We're going to get above freezing tomorrow for the first time in several days, hope you will too.
ReplyDeleteI should have said "over there" instead of "down there," but somehow I think of the SE states as being lower. Not so.
ReplyDeleteEven Rockport Tx is having cold weather from this front.
DeleteHi Barney, staying warm in the temps you have is tough but your experience wins out. Foam insulation with a good fit and using the sheet pan on the stove to divert heat. Great Job.
ReplyDeleteWater supply hose froze last night even with water trickle going. That was at 7F.
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