hitting the deepfreeze.

facking cold this morning... -20 and -38 with wind chill. so it was a little frosty this morning, a little narrow and dark on the roads.... it's not so much the cold temperatures that i'm worried about it's the wind. the wind is horrible. it blows the snow across the road making it hard to see the difference between the shoulder, the road and the ditch. it also seems like there is greater traffic when it gets cold. it is definitely slippery for the vehicles. i felt fine on my bike this morning but when i went out in the delivery van to drop off some forms this morning it was extremely slow moving through the intersections, no traction. so it is a little scary sharing the road with all the metal beasts... i'm also so blown away by the amount of full size crew cab pickups, i always new there were a lot of them, i mean it is the north after all, but it seems like it's the minivan of the northwest territories. anyway... blowing snow, narrow roads and a lot of them and one of me. i guess that's what i signed up for... but it is worrisome, i didn't actually think it was going to be this scary out there... anyway i'm starting to second guess my decision for biking the entire winter.... maybe i need a back up on days like today... i donno but i do know that i gotta get home this afternoon against an 18 km wind and a -28 degree temp, totaling -40 degrees with wind chill. yeah, i'm smart like bag of rocks, well whatever, one day one ride one pedal at a time. peace out.