five degrees.....

Yes, that was the temp at the cabin on the day we left. Froze the water the day before. I mean our pipes, not the river although the river was halfway there too. The plumbers were able to come in a few days later, after the cold front passed and drain the system properly.
In fact, it was a fairly wild ride all the way to Michigan, along the south shore of Lake Superior. Seventeen inches of heavy snow had just fallen in the area and not only created white-out driving conditions, but was bending and breaking the young white pines along the road. Volvo's are nice. Our various stops in Michigan and Washington, DC were fun. We just simply adore our big, fat family.
Here on the Eastern Shore (we'll tell more) it is almost seventy degrees as a WARM front moves through, bringing rain now after a lovely sunny day yesterday.

C