Perpetual Ruminations

Temperature and Spirits Rising

It was a beautiful winter day here in Minnesota, we had mild wind, a little snow, and temperatures above freezing. I cleaned my pickup off from snow and started it for the first time in a couple of weeks. With the bitter cold, I didn't need to use it, so there was no reason to start it. It turned over fine, but after two weeks of arctic cold, it didn't want to start right away. But, it did fire and then start, running a bit rough for a few minutes, but then it was fine. I shoveled out the area around it and then we hauled the recyclables.

Being so nice out, I kind of wanted to get more outside work done, but I also wanted to finish up the work we had been doing inside. Also, after working pretty hard the last five days, it was kind of nice to take it a bit easy today, too. Tomorrow is supposed to be equally nice, so I will get some more of the outside work done and get myself set up to get out ice fishing. I have a pretty full schedule for Tuesday, so I'm looking at finally getting out on the ice Wednesday. But, if I get done sooner tomorrow, I may venture out for a short excursion tomorrow, and possibly make it out for a few hours Tuesday. I'll leave both days open if time permits.