Winter has come in with a bang! November was a real nice month in northern Canada with some nice sunny warm days and we felt very fortunate because we know the change will come Yesterday afternoon was +2 C (33ish F) and it got cold last night and snowed a little. Today is -20C (4F) and 30 mph wind giving a wind chill value close to -30C (-22F). Took the dog for a walk and my face hurts. Retirement date is Feb 2018 which means yet another one of these to go thru but it"s close.
To all the fortunate RVers that are down south enjoying shorts and t-shirts, I envy your position but soon we will get that experience and I will be sure to message my working friends each time I see the forecasts like ours right now. Weatherman says this is with us for the next couple of weeks! Yayyy :) Cheers to everybody and on the bright side it's easy to chill the beers !!
Russ Ranger said
03:55 PM Dec 5, 2016
We are also experiencing a cold spell here in Mazatlan. It is only 76 degrees this afternoon. I'm suffering but have not changed out of my flip flops.
It will be back in the 80's in a few days. The way Winter should be for a retired person.
The local sports bar (the husband daycare center) has ice cold Pacificos for 15 pesos (75 cents).
Bill and Linda said
05:01 PM Dec 5, 2016
We love Canada. I keep Whitehorse, YT and Inuvik, NWT, which we have visited among others in Alaska, such as Tok, in my weather app to remind me just how much we really do love Canada, the people there and Alaska - in June.
jimindenver said
07:27 PM Dec 5, 2016
We have had such nice weather that I was hoping this would be one of the years winter held off until after the new year when I plan on heading south. Lately winter has been trying to get going but can't get a hold. We will have 3 warm days and three cold days. This week it will be below freezing and snowing for three days and warm up to the 50's Friday and Saturday for me to work on the trailer.
jrzygrl64 said
09:43 PM Dec 8, 2016
Winter has arrived here in PA also! Yes - we are CHOOSING to be here to see our kids before heading south - but temps in the 20's is still temps in the 20's! And is predicted to get worse before it gets better!
Oh well - the things we do for the love of our kids!
dianneandsteve said
08:38 AM Dec 9, 2016
This is the first time since becoming fulltimers in 2010 that we have stayed this long in the Vancouver BC area. The area had just experienced around 55 days of rain in the last 2 months and now we are in for our second snow storm today with unseasonable weather continuing into at least next week. Our overnight temps have been as low as -6C and day time highs as low as -1C. Our fireplace and an additional electric heater have been running 24/7 as well as the furnace. Our Montana has the Arctic package. That's a joke!
Figures we picked the wrong year to spend Christmas with family. Never again! Next time we'll fly back from Arizona . 😎
JackKim said
10:32 AM Dec 9, 2016
We sit in Southwest Washington and have snow on the ground and freezing rain coming out of the sky..............like Bill and Kelly it is for the kids. First grand baby this year and the kids could not imagine us not being here for his 1st Christmas. I tried to convince them that he would never remember it and it will be better to be home for later Christmas's, but all to no avail. LOL Funny how for 5 years of marriage they did not care weather we were around much. But have a baby and they want us again. hehehehehehhehehehehehe. It is good to feel the love again, but we are dreaming of the weather in the south. January will be here soon.
Barbaraok said
08:12 PM Dec 10, 2016
71 this afternoon in Mesa😊
nomorsno said
08:03 AM Dec 11, 2016
It's supposed to warm up this week at least....-12 C for a high temp and we can't wait. -32 at night with windchill touching-40 but it's a dry cold 😩 The boys here at work have been out thawing pipes all weekend. Glad I get to stay inside.
carolinakids said
06:47 AM Dec 12, 2016
Sure feels good here at Bahia Honda State Park. Just arrived last night. Last year while at Stock Island, Fl. I heard of the problems with getting a spot here. Well on our first try we were blessed to get a spot. Next after these two weeks we up to Miami to Mooch Dock at Kin Folks. Sure am glad to have Kin Folk here in Florida. Allergies have started to bother me more as I get older it seems. Well god speed all, hope you newbies like us enjoying this life style as much as we are.
ChefMom said
09:40 AM Dec 12, 2016
nomorsno:
We feel your pain. Thirty miles north of Boston, MA, still in the s&b and retirement is 2024. When the first bad weather of the winter starts I feel myself curl up inside. No promise of a white Christmas, no promise of a hot toddy, nothing can cheer me up. I drove to work this morning at 5:30 through blizzard conditions, barely able to see the highway in front of me. But, being New England, the good part is that snow had stopped and roads cleared while I am at work and the drive home should be o.k. However, we're looking at temperatures to be below zero by the end of this week in our area. I am so dreaming of palm trees and blue water and temperatures that don't have me wrapped in a huge blanket at night while watching t.v. I know it's coming but I can barely wait. Hubby feels the same. The good part is we have begun cutting costs where we can hugely and paring down possessions and should be in really good shape by the time we're hooked up and ready to pull away.
Karen
DebbieM said
01:13 PM Dec 15, 2016
Yep, getting colder here in Northern California too. Dipping into low 40s day/20s at night. Also here for kids and family until January when we head back to Arizona to warm up. No snow yet on the trailer, but the snow level has been flirting with us.
RetiredVagabond said
08:38 AM Dec 16, 2016
Currently I'm wintering in Mesa, AZ. This is end of my third year on the road. It's been in the 70's, however it's raining today. feels nice for a change. Yesterday I received pictures from my homebase area in Montana. A foot of snow! Nice to look at for awhile, but gets old quickly.
This past year I spent in the northwest, mostly exploring Montana. We live in a wonderful county with beautiful views everywhere you go.
Gary
Glenn West said
04:03 PM Dec 18, 2016
We actually have a freeze warning in Houston Tx for Monday morning.
cpaulsen said
06:32 PM Dec 18, 2016
20 degrees here this morning in Southern Oregon....high of 38 yesterday.
RonC said
06:35 PM Dec 18, 2016
Yeah ... Texas is getting a taste of winter. It will be short lived, but uncomfortable none the less. We'll be back in the 60's and 70's (with the occasional bump into the 80's. Great golf weather, except the next few days.
bjoyce said
10:00 AM Dec 19, 2016
We have had a couple nights in the mid-20s F here in the mountains of Southern Callifornia at 3500' elevation. Looking forward to getting to lower elevation after Christmas and Mesa Arizona after New Years.
Terry and Jo said
08:26 AM Dec 20, 2016
cpaulsen wrote:
20 degrees here this morning in Southern Oregon....high of 38 yesterday.
We aren't very far from you. We are over near Grants Pass and so far, I've only seen it get down to about 23 or 24 degrees.
Winter has come in with a bang! November was a real nice month in northern Canada with some nice sunny warm days and we felt very fortunate because we know the change will come
Yesterday afternoon was +2 C (33ish F) and it got cold last night and snowed a little. Today is -20C (4F) and 30 mph wind giving a wind chill value close to -30C (-22F). Took the dog for a walk and my face hurts. Retirement date is Feb 2018 which means yet another one of these to go thru but it"s close.
To all the fortunate RVers that are down south enjoying shorts and t-shirts, I envy your position but soon we will get that experience and I will be sure to message my working friends each time I see the forecasts like ours right now. Weatherman says this is with us for the next couple of weeks! Yayyy :) Cheers to everybody and on the bright side it's easy to chill the beers !!
It will be back in the 80's in a few days. The way Winter should be for a retired person.
The local sports bar (the husband daycare center) has ice cold Pacificos for 15 pesos (75 cents).
We love Canada. I keep Whitehorse, YT and Inuvik, NWT, which we have visited among others in Alaska, such as Tok, in my weather app to remind me just how much we really do love Canada, the people there and Alaska - in June.
Oh well - the things we do for the love of our kids!
This is the first time since becoming fulltimers in 2010 that we have stayed this long in the Vancouver BC area. The area had just experienced around 55 days of rain in the last 2 months and now we are in for our second snow storm today with unseasonable weather continuing into at least next week. Our overnight temps have been as low as -6C and day time highs as low as -1C. Our fireplace and an additional electric heater have been running 24/7 as well as the furnace. Our Montana has the Arctic package. That's a joke!
Figures we picked the wrong year to spend Christmas with family. Never again! Next time we'll fly back from Arizona . 😎
nomorsno:
We feel your pain. Thirty miles north of Boston, MA, still in the s&b and retirement is 2024. When the first bad weather of the winter starts I feel myself curl up inside. No promise of a white Christmas, no promise of a hot toddy, nothing can cheer me up. I drove to work this morning at 5:30 through blizzard conditions, barely able to see the highway in front of me. But, being New England, the good part is that snow had stopped and roads cleared while I am at work and the drive home should be o.k. However, we're looking at temperatures to be below zero by the end of this week in our area. I am so dreaming of palm trees and blue water and temperatures that don't have me wrapped in a huge blanket at night while watching t.v. I know it's coming but I can barely wait. Hubby feels the same. The good part is we have begun cutting costs where we can hugely and paring down possessions and should be in really good shape by the time we're hooked up and ready to pull away.
Karen
Yep, getting colder here in Northern California too. Dipping into low 40s day/20s at night. Also here for kids and family until January when we head back to Arizona to warm up. No snow yet on the trailer, but the snow level has been flirting with us.
This past year I spent in the northwest, mostly exploring Montana. We live in a wonderful county with beautiful views everywhere you go.
Gary
We aren't very far from you. We are over near Grants Pass and so far, I've only seen it get down to about 23 or 24 degrees.
Terry