I woke up this morning feeling a bit under the weather, runny nose and cough you know the usual crud... anyway that was 4am... I got up and sat on the couch to let everything drain out of my head, well I fell asleep. Soon Angie got up and went to work then I get a phone call... "honey I forgot to take out the trash." So, as I'm taking out the trash I realize hey it's damn cold out here. Well you northern folks would probably laugh at me but it was 28 on thermometer... so what do you do when it gets that cold? You make snow!
About a year and a half ago I decided I wanted to make snow. So a quick online search turned up a dozen sites about people who make home made snow guns. You need a compressor and some water and some off the shelf parts from Home Depot and your good to go... I made one over a year ago and this was the first time it was even remotely cold enough to try. So I hauled out the hoses and hooked everything up and within 15 minutes I was blowing the atomized water up in the air...and it looked like it was working! I keep looking real hard trying to decide it it's freezing or not when I realized that Dade's bike now had a fine coating on it! v.cool! Alright let's let this cook for a bit then. I walked out 15 minutes later and the ground had a nice white coating in about a 10 foot diameter circle. Anwyay after an hour or so I made about 1/2 inch or so in the 10 foot diameter. It was enough to make snowballs, many of them! Dade and I had snowball fights for an hour and had I started earlier I could have no doubt made enough to make a snow man! Next time I will be prepared! Anyway watch this space for a posting later today with a bunch of pictures in it! Success! i.am.snowking.samu
