A few lakes just above Lake George already have enough ice to take a full size truck.
Schroon is locked up also.

Good times and tight lines this ice season to all younz all. Be safe and stay warm.

Lucky... smoking a turkey in such cold weather, how do you keep those things lit???

😩 Oooooo K..... that one was bad. I'm leaving, time for Sand Castle lessons.

So I've been stoking my woodstove at night before bed and returning home from work to low 50's in the house. Still coals from 19 hrs prior to just add wood. It usually takes an hr to go from low 50 to mid 70' s and above.
With this temp swing last night and chilly winds, it was 43 in house when I got home. Still coals but not enough to offset the drop.
Didn't take Long to rake coals and get a fire back but my stove maxed out with an inside temperature of 73. It will maintain 73 but not increase.
Stoked her good again tonight and see what tomorrow brings.

No Turkey smoking here but lots coming out the pipe.
Insulation is the key. Now is a good time to cold smoke but not so much hot smoke

BeenThereDoneThat.
Good times and tight lines this ice season to all younz all. Be safe and stay warm.

Lucky... smoking a turkey in such cold weather, how do you keep those things lit???

😩 Oooooo K..... that one was bad. I'm leaving, time for Sand Castle lessons.

Its hard keeping it lit, but the major a challenge is cramming the whole thing into the corncob!  Honestly, I can influence the weather, if I had not bought the turkey, it likely would have been balmy.  Like I can make it rain on command, all I have to do is plan a fishing trip or go into the basement and look for the tent!

Lucky13

BeenThereDoneThat.
Good times and tight lines this ice season to all younz all. Be safe and stay warm.

Lucky... smoking a turkey in such cold weather, how do you keep those things lit???

😩 Oooooo K..... that one was bad. I'm leaving, time for Sand Castle lessons.

Its hard keeping it lit, but the major a challenge is cramming the whole thing into the corncob!  Honestly, I can influence the weather, if I had not bought the turkey, it likely would have been balmy.  Like I can make it rain on command, all I have to do is plan a fishing trip or go into the basement and look for the tent!

🤣😂


Have a Very Merry Christmas.

Minus 4 this am and minus 1 yesterday. HT my house runs the same as far as heating up. I can get it to 63 or so with the stove on these cold days, anything more takes non stop loading every few hours for at least a day straight to climb higher. He got a little over a foot on the ground

We bottomed out just on the plus side of zero at 1 above last night. It was tough and rough for my coworkers that have to work outside, we are a 24/7/365 operation.
I stoked the woodstove for all it could take last night. When I got home there was still a nice bed of coals and the inside temp was 48. I had to clean out the ashes and coals to make room for more. She's firing hot right now and it won't be long before it's in the 70's.
Stay safe and stay warm .

Getting there. It will be mid 70's before 6:30.
This thermometer is located far from the stove and on an exterior wall

We are inching back down through the single digits going to be another cold one

It's a Friday night and still early.
Stay safe brothers and sisters