First snow

While we did dodge the recent deep freeze that hit pretty much the rest of the country to the east, we did get our first snow (Nov 16) and single digit temps (Nov 17).

I find the snow to be much more pleasant when there is only an inch of it, I don't have to clear a driveway or roof, and I don't have to go to work.

By running the propane heater for about an hour before dark, and having a timer turn on the heat lamp at 0300, the lowest temperature the pump house reached was 34 degrees. I didn't heat the garage at all and the temp near the water heater bottomed out at 46 degrees.

Inside the house, even though it was quite cold outside, we went to bed with the indoor temp at 69 degrees and woke up to 56 degrees without heating at all over night. I had to think how many times the furnace would have come on at Bonnybank if the temps had been in the low teens overnight.

So far I am relatively pleased with our prospects for the winter at Mariposa.