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I awoke at 1:30 and noticed that the heat seemed to have gone off. I
checked and the furnace auger was not turning. Once in a while we get a
railway spike or rock in some coal and it jams things up. Four hours and
considerable oxy-acetylene cutting and fooling around later, I was able to
return to bed. Dennis woke us up not too long later with a call saying his
back is still giving him trouble and he won't be at work.
Today
Sunny. Wind light. High minus 9.
Tonight
Partly cloudy. Wind becoming west 20 km/h overnight. Low minus 15.
Thursday
Mainly sunny. Wind light. Wind light. High minus 5.
Friday
Mainly sunny. Low minus 16. High minus 5.
Saturday
Mainly cloudy. Low minus 17. High minus 6.
Sunday
Mainly sunny. Low minus 19. High minus 6.
Normals for the period: Low minus
16. High minus 4.
Another day of doing various desk jobs including
shopping for pollen supplement components. Frank and Mike came by with
samples of the patties they have made and they look fine. I am now
realizing that the patty
making is scheduled to start at the end of the first week of February and
that is almost upon us. We are planning to make about 15,000 pounds
of patties for ourselves and other nearby beekeepers. We can make more if
others are interested.
Today
A mix of sun and cloudy with 30 percent chance of flurries. Wind light.
High minus 24.
Tonight
Partly cloudy with 30 percent chance of flurries this evening. Wind
diminishing to light. Low minus 31.
Normals for the period: Low minus
17. High minus 5.
There is snow in the mountains -- a foot at
Sunshine and 8 inches at Nakiska, but the roads will be awful and the conditions
are predicted to be overcast and fairly cold, so I am going to put this off
until next week when I have to go to Banff for the the CHC meeting anyhow.
I'll go a day or so earlier or stay after. My ankle is also acting up a
little and that is the clincher.
Today
Cloudy with occasional snow. Accumulations near 7 cm. Wind northeast 20
km/h. Morning high minus 6 with temperature falling to minus 12 by
evening.
Tonight
Occasional snow. Wind northeast 20 km/h. Low minus 26. Wind chill minus
38.
Normals for the period:
Low minus 17. High minus 5.
Joe and I went to Airdrie to look into pollen
patty making. There are some beekeepers there who have machinery that might be
able to produce the patties in large quantities cheaply.
Today
Mainly sunny. Wind becoming south 20 km/h. High minus 14.
Tonight
Partly cloudy. Wind south 20 km/h. Temperature rising to minus 6
overnight.
Normals for the period: Low minus
17. High minus 5.
I worked at the desk, then drove to Langdon
Corner to look at a camper for sale. It was quite nice, but the outside
was pretty rough. I declined, then bought groceries in Strathmore and
returned home. On the way I saw a 1989 Bounder that looked pretty good and
gave it careful consideration.
Today
Flurries developing. Wind becoming northeast 20 km/h. High minus 14.
Tonight
Mainly cloudy with 60 percent chance of flurries. Wind northeast 20 km/h
diminishing. Low minus 24.
Normals for the period:
Low minus 17. High minus 5.
I spent the day catching up on mail and posting
pictures to my Yahoo photo album.
The day started warm but temperatures dropped drastically by evening.
Today
A mix of sun and cloud. Wind increasing to west 30 gusting 50 km/h. High
plus 3.
Tonight
Mainly cloudy with flurries overnight. Wind west 30 diminishing. Low
minus 20.
Normals for the period: Low minus 17. High minus 5.
We drove to the Ontario airport and returned our Jeep. We arrived at
the airport an hour and a half early and went thru the improved security in jig
time. The new security double checks ID and does random searches of passengers,
but we found it fast and efficient.
We flew to Seattle, changed planes there -- our connecting flight left an
hour late, and arrived in Calgary at 7 local. Oene picked us up and we drove
to Swalwell, where El had supper ready.
Today
A mix of sun and cloud. Wind becoming west 40 km/h gusting to 60. High
plus 2.
Tonight
Mainly clear. Wind west 20. Low minus 4.
Normals for the period: Low minus 18. High minus 6.
We woke up, checked out and drove north to LA. The afternoon was spent
at Venice Beach, then we drove up through Malibu and backtracked to West Covina
to be near the airport. Tomorrow we fly back to Alberta.
Tonight
Partly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of flurries. Wind west 20 km/h.
Low minus 5.
Saturday
A mix of sun and cloud. Wind increasing to northwest 30. High minus 2.
We left Mission Beach and drove to San Ysidro where we checked into the Motel
8. We walked down to Tijuana and then caught the cab to Rosarita for
$1.10. We wandered around Rosarita, then caught a cab back and walked back
across the border to the motel. Border security was much tougher than a
year ago. Everyone went through metal detectors and there were huge line-ups.
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