There has been snow on the ground for a couple of weeks now, but I’m going to say winter is truly here today. On my drive to work the temperature as measured by my truck ranged from -4° to -14°F. I’ll have to start plugging in my truck overnight to keep it from freezing up.

It might be cold, but it’s absolutely beautiful everywhere I look. The light constantly changes and between that and the massive amount of texture there is a never-ending color palette where you would think the world should be monochrome. Even overnight the world takes on different moods, and I haven’t even seen a real display of the aurora yet. There are too many clouds and trees where I’m located to get a clear view of the sky.

We seem to be committed to spending the winter in an RV. It isn’t ideal, but we’ve added some skirting to help keep in some of our heat. We are figuring out the best way to keep the power on and the heat running. The generator really doesn’t like to be cold, so it gets it’s own “doghouse” and we might bring it in once in a while to warm up if we hear it struggling. We are fortunate to have experienced helpers for keeping it running. Anyplace that services generators seems to be 2-4 weeks behind and that’s too long to go without.

I have plenty more to share, but I’ll spread it out over the month. It’s an interesting adventure, but I won’t complain since adventure is why I’m here.

What do you want to hear more about? Weather? Driving conditions? Dry cabin living? Let me know and I’ll share. November is a month for writing. It won’t be an actual novel, but I’d like to see if I can make a post every day here instead of the other usual places.