Category Archives: Fall Trip

Still Waiting

Woke up to an overcast sky this morning, but the temperature wasn’t too bad; we made it up to 66°F by mid morning and stayed there for most of the day. We started off expecting 13mm of rain, so far … Continue reading

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Here Comes the Weekend

A much warmer night last night, and a clear bright day to follow. Again we got up to around 20°C and hopefully we will get warmer, if not wetter, over the next couple of days. As usual Friday is grocery … Continue reading

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Back to Normal

Life is much better… for a while. We topped out at 19 today  with an overnight low of 9°C. The same tomorrow, then up to 23°C on the weekend. with thunderstorms and 2.5″ of rain. I seem to recall a similar … Continue reading

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White Stuff on the Ground …. Really

OK, I’ve got over my sulk! -3°C overnight, when I got up there really was white stuff, of the frozen variety, on the ground. Admittedly it was frost and not snow, and no where near the 5 feet plus that … Continue reading

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I’m Sulking!

There will be no blog today… I am too busy sulking ‘cos it’s cold out AND Lyn shamed me into going for a walk. See you when the temperature rises.

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There Went the Heat

Well, yesterdays 1″ of rain never left the skies. With the exception of 3 short showers totaling 30 seconds, it was a warm dry day. The forecast for overnight was for a chance of a thunderstorm and 4mm of rain. … Continue reading

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We’re Going to Pay for This

A warmer night last night, and a dull overcast morning to wake up to, but it was warm. By mid morning we were up to 22°C. The threatened rain was still a long way off, so I did some more … Continue reading

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Getting Better

A cold night again, but a clear and sunny morning. We climbed up to 15°C today which was very pleasant after the last few days, this was made even better by the lack of any wind. It’s amazing how easy … Continue reading

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What a Difference the Sun Makes

A COLD night, back around the freezing point again, with some strong gusty winds. I read somewhere last week that there was a weather event up in Alaska that would bring the cold weather South, I guess they called that … Continue reading

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The Storm After the Calm

Well, all good things have to come to an end. Although I have been talking (complaining) about the the cooler weather, we have now emerged into downright COLD weather. Overnight was just around freezing with a high today of 5°C. … Continue reading

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