Faked out
'Tis the season.
Rusty took my car in for an oil change yesterday morning.
It was a beautiful (for February) sunny day, so when they called to say it was ready, I thought "Why not walk?" It's less than a half-mile.
Well, most of that half-mile was into the wind and my face nearly froze off.
Turns out, it was -3F -- feeling far colder when factoring in the windchill!
I never even thought to check the temp. It looked nice outside!
This morning it was -12F when I was getting ready for work... and is still below zero at nearly 11 a.m.
I'm not even walking out to the mailbox today.
C'mon SPRING!
-12F = -24C.
Oh crap, that's cold for a long walk. That's the same temp it was here with the windchill.
Posted by: Steph VW | 19 February 2015 at 10:56 AM
That's just unimaginable. It's hard for me to even think winter. Please, whatever you do, don't look at the temperature in SLC today.
Posted by: margene | 19 February 2015 at 11:43 AM
We've had some of those bitter cold windchills here, too, and it just plain sucks. This morning I went out and thought, gee, this isn't bad. It was 15°. Just goes to show how cold it's been if THAT feels not bad.
Posted by: Carole | 19 February 2015 at 12:58 PM
Here in Toronto it was colder today than it was in the Arctic region we just returned from, how is that possible?
Posted by: Rachel | 19 February 2015 at 05:37 PM
It was cold in Atlanta today (even by your standards :-) and I was glad I "trained" for it last weekend. Holly needed to go out four times. ...and sadly, I had to go with her!
Posted by: Mary | 19 February 2015 at 05:53 PM
It's so deceiving . . . when the sun is shining! How can the sun be shining AND have sub-zero temperatures???? Such winter trickery!
Posted by: Kym | 19 February 2015 at 06:27 PM
My face is feeling a bit frozen just thinking about that walk, but your lovely lilac photo gives me hope!
Posted by: Bonny | 19 February 2015 at 09:19 PM
Note to self: check the thermometer before setting out. Sunny days in midwinter can be deceptive!
Posted by: kmkat | 20 February 2015 at 09:15 AM
Snowing here! I sent Dan that shot of the range. :-)
Posted by: Patty | 21 February 2015 at 03:26 PM