Steel gray skies and "warm" temperatures that hovered near 32 were the order of the day. Barry H, Tom Walker and I spent a couple of hours on a short mid-winter workday. The road is only passable to the lower lot, beyond that we had to trudge up to the top of the hill. There's maybe 14" of snow covered by a thick layer of ice and a thin frosting of powdery snow. This made walking an adventure... sometimes you broke through, sometimes not. Barry could mostly glide on top of the ice, Tom and I not so much...
The buildings are wintering over nicely. A couple of dead mice were found in the telescope shed, but it looks like the double effort of making it more difficult for mice to get in, plus the De-Con spread around the floor is keeping the critters under control this year.
After spreading a bit of sand around the driveway from the barn to Trouble St., we all packed up and headed home.
The snow pack isn't real deep so far this year, but I suspect it will still be well into April before spring reaches Arunah Hill. I'm already planning my menu for the Memorial Day pot luck dinner... 14 weeks away?! Thanks to Barry and Tom for working on a day when enjoying starlight on the hill seems a long way off.
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