Well, this blog has fallen in to disrepair. Too much time. Too little motivation...
Here's a start at catching things up: This past weekend was our first chance to overnight at KnArrow Haus since we just before New Years.
Had a chance to help out a Yodelin neighbor this past weekend. They had a contractor scheduled for a day job who came in with a trailer full of lumber, insulation, and tools. The road from the freeway to the cabin is covered in 4 to 5 feet of snow, but it has packed and consolidated over the past few weeks. So we hooked the trailer up to Schneewagen and drove in -- no problems.
Always feels good to use Schneewagen for more than a glorified golf cart.
For those paying attention during January, we had a record-breaking snow event that killed power and shut down the freeway for more than a week. Not only did it snow over 4ft in about 24 hours, but hyper cold temperatures followed by an "atmostpheric river" came in dumping rain.
The record-breaking snow followed by the atmostpheric river are clear shown by the peak in January.
I was seriously stressed knowing there was no heat and no ability to get up there to do anything about it. The power came on for a few hours after a day, then went back out for another handful of days -- over a week in total. The freeway from both the East and West sides of the pass was closed even longer.
Thankfully, KnArrow Haus came through with flying colors. No frozen pipes. I was also worried about the Starlink, since it wasn't able to melt the snow. And I knew there was 5 or 6 feet of snow on the roof that would shed off "spectacularly" at some point.
After the power came on, the cabin rebooted and all my smart systems came back. Looks like the temperature had gotten down to 40 degrees inside the cabin -- cold, but not freezing!
When the freeway finally opened up, the entire neighborhood community scrambled to get up there to dig out and survey the damage.
A neighbor's snowtracked Suzuki after the snowfall.
Shoveling out Schneewagen after the snow event.
Thankfully, the snow shed off the roof without tearing anything off. Some of my neighbors were not as lucky. The only post-event damage I can find is that the snow hood that sheds the snow around the chimney appears a little "wilted" on one side -- an easy fix this Summer.
KnArrow Haus came through the snow event in flying colors.
Our biggest problem right now is that Schneewagen has gotten a little cantankerous starting in very cold weather. I did the obvious things like replace the battery. But on very cold mornings (below ~10F degrees), it avoids starting. I've resorted to plugging in a battery tender overnight when it's parked at KnArrow Haus, which seems to have ameliorated the issue for now.