Up here in the northlands, it's April and Winter is finally nearing an end. We managed to get in a visit to the cabin at least once per month during the coldest nights, and I'm pretty sure the nights we were there were actually the coldest! We spent New Years Eve at Camp Freedom, and made sure to blow off lots of our Wisconsin-style fireworks. Big, loud, colorful, and just a touch too dangerous.
Our woodstove turned out to be both elegant and powerful, cranking out lots of heat all day and night. We still have some balancing to do though, as the loft tends to reach a boil point much faster than the rest of the cabin warms up. Far too late in the winter, I also figured out that we had our cove heaters wired incorrectly (used one breaker for 120 volts, instead of two for the 240 volts needed to power up fully), and once we got that straightened out, it was a whole nother story.
We're going back up this weekend for a little spring break action. We're not sure if it will still be full on winter there - the snow pack is finally melted off locally. Either way we shouldn't have any problems getting in thanks to the snow plow guy we hired at the beginning of the season. He did a heckuva job!
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