Wednesday, December 22, 2004
The shortest day is nearly the longest day
Well, got stuck out at CPCRW again... fortunately I got the snow machine started but this time I was way further out (back in regular cell phone range, too). Went up to fix a site that was running out of batteries and nearly made it to the top but started to fall over at which point the snow machine stopped going up hill. I dug out with my hands (didn't have my snow shovel) and after getting stuck 2 more times I turned the machine around by lifting it up and rotating it about 4 inches at a time front and back until I'd done a 180. Tiring! The worst part was I was only about 300 yards from the station but I'll come up again later in the week when it's even colder. So, I was letting it idle this time at each spot I was stuck at but at the third hole it died. No big deal I thought, I'll be turned around in a minute and it will be nice not to be sucking down 2 stroke exhaust for a few minutes. Well, a while later and the darn thing wouldn't get going again. So, changed the plugs, flushed the cylinders and still nothing. Grrr!!! Well, after I was pretty exhausted from pulling I had a glimmer of hope and then finally it started back up again and I inched down the hill. Nice day though, -10 down in the valley and +7 where I was at (I saw once I got back to town. Well, here's couple pictures of course the hole in front of the snow machine looks way less deep than in real life.
But, the view was nice.
But, the view was nice.
