Winter came back with a vengeance.

5 degrees F this morning with a -7 wind chill. The plows didn't run so the 4.5" of heavy wet snow we got yesterday froze into a horrible rough layer of rutted ice. Really slowed me down. There was one mile where I don't think I went faster than 4-5 mph on that stretch.

Forecast doesn't look like it's going to get much better in the next 10 days. Cold temps will remain with more snow predicted for Friday and again on Sunday. The weather guy said this morning that it looks like the first half of April in our area will be 30 degrees below average.

That being said, it is South Dakota so on my way home yesterday when we had 4" of snow on the ground, 24 degrees F, 25 mph wind and snow still falling, a jogger passed me going the other direction wearing a t-shirt and shorts.