four days ago we had -20F. Today it was +36F and it was the first time we road with patches of ice melting into water. This is the first water to touch my bike for several months. Now I hope the thaw is quick (although that's not a good thing for flooding on the Yukon and other rivers. I'll let them have their own version of hope) and I can get on my road bike sooner rather than later. Happy to report that Denali Park will be plowing the road; the sequester isn't going to affect that. That's my favorite spring ride.
Winter may not be over locally but it's on it's way out.