I love the post about how 40 is a warm day. It sure is! My first winter in the NE, I took the trash to the curb one day. It was 5 degrees. My nose hairs froze as soon as I breathed in. So I breathed through my mouth, and it made my teeth ache. I’m from So Cal. I got used to it, and now I kind of like that sort of cold.
D attended Bates, where they do the Puddle Jump in March. They cut a hole in the ice, and kids jump in. D finally did it in her last year. She then had to walk back to her dorm, still wet. I think she said it was about 24 degrees. Yikes!