On Friday, when I left the jobsite, the river’s surface water was still flowing, although there was a lot of ice floating along my bank of the river. On Saturday, when I went into work, the river had frozen over.

Alas. It was only a matter of time.

Monday morning, it had dropped to -12 degs when I went out to start the truck. That meant I had to pull out the extension cord and timer to plug the truck in. A good call, since it was -15F this morning.

I believe they call that “additional motivation” to get this final siding job of the season completed.