Within one night the temperatures fell from about 32 degree Fahrenheit to 15. Nick (here on the photo) and I drove on the 4-wheeler across the ranch to open and close gates so we could move the horses and cattle into a pasture with running water which won't freeze that fast. Horses can live without water if they have snow but it has not snowed much, yet.
Ausserdem mussten wir die Boote und die Bruecke aus dem See ziehen, der innerhalb weniger Stunden fast zugefroren war. Wir kamen halb erfroren wieder, der Wind macht es noch kaelter, als es ist. Sitze jetzt hier am Feuer mit einem heissen Tee und werde den Rest des Tages Bueroarbeit erledigen. Morgen sollen die Temperaturen auf minus 15 bis minus 20 Grad fallen.
We also had to pull the boats and the bridge out of the lake which froze almost the whole way within a few hours. We came back half frozen ourselves and the wind made it colder still. I am sitting at the fire right now, with a hot tea, and I will do office work for the rest of the day. Tomorrow it's going to be even colder, 5 to minus 5 degrees Fahrenheit.
Gruesse aus dem Wilden Westen!
Greeting from the Wild West!
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