Following a week or so of subfreezing temperatures with single digits the norm and everything that could escape the salt trucks encased in ice the thermometer has climbed above 32F for the past couple of days.
The result, of course, is a welcome warmup.
The other result is that everything within sight of my house has converted from an ice rink to a mud pit. The rain that fell Friday didn’t help.
The 60 degrees forecast for next week should intersect with couple days of planned trout fishing. I welcome the warmup but loathe the mud. Maybe the fish won’t mind.
The Outdoor Notebook 