by Alan Stankevitz | Apr 13, 2003
I had planned on driving up on Monday, but was delayed due to a late-season snow that plagued both the La Crosse and Chicago areas. It was a quite a wet snow and travel conditions were marginal at best, so I stayed home and shoveled. (This seemed to be a good move...
by Alan Stankevitz | Mar 30, 2003
Ever had one of those trees that you want to cut down, but don’t know how to safely go about it? This tree had me stumped. It was originally damaged back in the days that I was tent camping in the pole shed. I was trying to get some sleep when at around 11 p.m....
by Alan Stankevitz | Mar 18, 2003
It’s hard to believe sometimes how rapidly weather can change. I arrived on March 8th with temperatures struggling to get into the teens (F) and exactly one week later, temperatures nearly reached 70°(F). Although there was only a couple of inches of snow on the...
by Alan Stankevitz | Mar 9, 2003
Yes, I am still alive. It’s been a couple of weeks since since I have been up at the house. As a matter of fact, I just arrived this afternoon. Between bad travel weather, family commitments and rising gas prices, I’ve had to reschedule my life a bit. The...
by Alan Stankevitz | Feb 23, 2003
We seem to go from one weather extreme to another around here. The bitter cold that had been entrenched in the upper Midwest for the last month broke this past week with temperatures reaching 54°F on Thursday. Although the warm weather only visited for a couple of...
by Alan Stankevitz | Feb 14, 2003
If this is El Niño weather, I’ll take La Niña instead. The past month has found temperatures well below normal. The good news is the cold weather has brought brilliant sunshine for the past number of days. Floor temperatures over the sand bed hit 86°F early...
