[AT] Christmas card day

[Dean Vinson]

> I can tell its mild there by the way the snow is sticking to your tires. 
> Not here. Wind chill factors down near -30F And the tires stayed pretty 
> clean when I was driving out with a hay bale this morning.

Hi Ralph.  Yes, it felt surprisingly nice out there--it had been overcast
and still snowing lightly when I went out to the barn, but within a short
while the sun came out and there wasn't much wind.   Air temperature was
probably about 20°F.   Now it's back down to 11 with a forecast overnight
low of 1 below, 11 below tomorrow night.   That's pretty cold for here.

> I elected to let my snow lay where it fell. Did shovel the sidewalk 
> and a path to the woodshed... 

Hi Gene.   Yes, this was for fun and practice more than actual need.   Last
winter I wasn't here full time yet, only came up every other day or so to
check on things, and my snow-clearing equipment consisted of me and my scoop
shovel.   The 620 and rear blade is way nicer than that, but I wanted to see
how easy it'd be to swing the blade around so I'm always throwing the snow
to the downwind side and figure out the side-to-side tilt (which changes
when I swing the blade to throw to one side or the other).  I'm thinking if
there's a really big snow I'll just keep the plow a few inches above the
driveway so I don't have to worry about getting the tilt just right.

Dean Vinson
Saint Paris, Ohio