I'd hate to guess the wind chill here in the middle of the National Forest. A neighbor said it must really be cold... he saw Smokey the Bear running around the woods begging someone to start a fire. Everything here is kind of stopped. Too cold to run equipment outside, without causing damage to it. To cold to play outside. I did not even take the dog for a walk today. He went out, did his business and came right back to the house. That is rare for my dog as he loves snow and cold.

I sat around the house today doing very little. I have my guns all ready to go, but do not want to fight the wind and cold to be on the range. Tomorrow is not supposed to be any better. This morning we had -20º below with very strong winds. Looking outside you would have thought it was snowing sideways. It was just the wind drifting the snow. Then it warmed up to about -15º by noon. I think actually it kept warming and is now only about -10º.

We have not had a rip snorting winter like this in many years. I guess we are due for one. So I will just sit it out and shoot when I can and do the rest of the stuff around the house til spring.