Time in Austria

Saturday, January 3, 2009

Wald

Today we worked in the forest with the Weber's new tractor!!!! It was -8° this morning. For those of you who are stuck in Farenheit, that is.... 17°F. I wore the following.
  • 1 pair long underwear bottoms
  • 1 pair pajama pants
  • 1 pair running pants
  • 1 pair heavy duty outdoor overalls
  • 1 tanktop
  • 1 long underwear top
  • 1 long sleeved shirt
  • 1 short sleeved shirt
  • 1 patagonia polar fleece
  • 1 down jacket
  • 2 pairs of gloves
  • 2 pairs of socks
  • 1 pair of hiking boots
  • 1 hat

I was roasty-toasty until I stopped moving. Lunch was Bratwurst, bread, and mustard cooked over a camp stove and served on sliced logs with mustard and mayonaise. It was... a dream come true... seriously. I felt like I belonged in an Austrian documentary movie! :) We were cutting down trees for the Weber's to use as fire-wood for the following two years. I had a lot of fun.

Pictures will follow when I feel like uploading them. :)

2 comments:

Amy said...

I can't even comprehend weather that cold right now. I would have cried!

carolee said...

Sure is a change from NC, right! :-) I'm glad you're experiencing what yr mother (trudging along for miles in the ice and snow to school enduring wind,sleet, storm, etc.etc., :-)!!!!) endured her youth.....
xxooM