Thompson

January 22-February 3, 2012
Joe was so excited about going to Thompson “freeze your nuts off” Manitoba that he only got 3 hours of sleep before his flight out early Sunday morning.

He was there for 13 days to do cold truck testing for work.

Joe described the extreme cold well: Words cannot begin to describe how cold it is outside. You must breathe through your nose so the cold air has more time to "warm up" before it pierces your lungs. As you stand there, the coldness creeps deep into your bones. At this temperature, the snow crystallizes. It's not like the flakey goodness at the ski resort.

On his day off of work, they went ice fishing. They drove 7km onto Paint Lake in Thompson. The ice was a meter deep!

Joe started to get used to the Thompson weather after 13 days. He was ballsy enough to saw Wisconsin weather seems to be for sissies, but what he really meant to say was he was finally ready for a January game in Lambeau Field. I finally converted him into a true Packer fan!