One winter weekend a buddy and I went up north to the family shack (uninsulated but had a wood stove and electric oven). No snow storm, it was a beautiful clear winter weekend.
But it was COLD. Minus 42F regular temperature (there was little to no wind). Even with both stoves going and a space heater, the 25’x25’ shack never warmed up. We never did any fishing, although we did muster up a short hike.
Being teens we never thought to look at the forecast. I’m not sure what our parents were thinking letting us go up there; surely they watched the evening news and the forecast?? (Well, me and my buddy could be obnoxious at times, and it probably crossed our parents’ minds that life would be easier without us, but....)
“””””One winter weekend a buddy and I went up north to the family shack (uninsulated but had a wood stove and electric oven). No snow storm, it was a beautiful clear winter weekend. But it was COLD. Minus 42F regular temperature (there was little to no wind). Even with both stoves going and a space heater, the 25’x25’ shack never warmed up.”””””
Good experience, being a Houstonian I learned a lot about cold while living in Wisconsin and Minnesota, from sub zero winter camping to automobiles, to the effects on houses when empty, I learned about warm clothing, how to keep beer from freezing in the ice chest, all kinds of exciting and valuable things, there is a lot to know.
Probably about the same time my buddy and I took the family wagon, Ford Galaxy 500 - 460/4 barrel/C6/3.5:1 snow drift busting on the closed roads around us.