-43C

Wow. Can anyone remember anything like this in mid March? We just moved the clocks forward, spring is on its way. Not so fast! With the high pressure and near full moon, sleep is a non issue for me. I get little sleep when these factors combine. So, up at 3am, I've looked at the weather a few times and note that Red Deer dropped from -30 at 3:30 am to -36C at 7am. Not to be outdone, Elk Island Park is checking in at -41, and the Dapp corner near Barhead is -43 glorious degrees C this morning. It is a sunny day, so enjoy the sun bathing.

Also on this morning's web browsing, I see flights to New Zealand are $1000 a seat. Return (if you insist). Of course, I also noted that the weather for the south 1/2 of the south island of New Zealand calls for 110kmh winds and snow. In a week I could be fishing late season mayflies there or midges and early stoneflies here, as our weather is likely going to be quite nice, very soon.

Happy thoughts!