The Worst Part About Winter

well it's been below freezing for over a week now and it finally snowed so there's a few things we need to tend to I got some stuff to get moved before I can get to the snow equipment D drive DIY if you live somewhere like we do then you probably know all about the winter Blues short days gray and dreary Landscapes being stuck inside for days at a time it can be depressing and for those of us that love to be and work outside we look for excuses a reason to be outdoors to use that expensive tractor accomplish something of value and I think that's why I still get excited about a good snowfall or cold snap even the older I get I understand why folks may not like the snow and cold but I still secretly hope for that big one the chaos and disruption it can be invigorating but the snow and cold doesn't have to be just an excuse to work through the eyes of a child or even a kid at heart a good snowfall can become an opportunity well ever since it has gotten cold this winter my twin daughters have been asking for two things they want to know if we can get the snowmobile down and out and they want to ice skate on the pond we got the snowmobile down I'm going to let it warm up in here and what they don't know is is a surprise later on since there's two of them I think it's only right if we get two of these so a neighbor is going to help us out in that situation but for now while this warms up I'm going to go see how they're coming on the pond hopefully Grandpa's got ice skates for everyone we'll see how the ice holds up even got the pier shoveled off well this looks different in the winter it sure does is this going to be hard to believe by this summer we'll be floating on our rafts H I know we didn't get to swim but maybe we'll get to skate yeah I'm excited so you know what we should know at least how thick the ice is we haven't checked it I mean we it's pretty thick I see how thick the ice is 6 in thick right here okay so you girls have shoveled the snow off of this ice how many times now like three three times this is our third time yeah three times and we haven't got any ice skates yet so hopefully today is the day and we get to really put some uh some skates on ice on here so you grew out at your ice skates from last year right uh except for one pair except for one pair so we got to go see if grandpa has more ice skates yeah the girls headed over to their Grandma and Grandpa's for some lunch and to try to find some ice skates and I'm going to work on the surprise the goal is for me to go over there and get the snowmobile bring it home and have it sit in the shop next to the other one by the time the girls get home and when they come to the shop they'll be surprised that there's two of them so all right hopefully we can get it loaded up hopefully it runs fortunately we're not going too far what do you think go to work I've been working got to dig them out y ready to start oh yeah I got the other one out so this is my neighbor Ed he's a great guy and they' snowb for a long time and he's got actually three or four of them for sale but he's got a little 250 Yamaha Enticer kind of like the one we got it's a little bit different color but that doesn't matter they won't care Plus he'll be able to tell them apart so we're going to see if we can get it dug out and running there we go oh we'll see what it does here heck yeah [Music] it wasn't too bad I really need to have a cover for this thing I had it in the barn over there and there's bats up above and the bats pooped all over it no cord required not sponsored I just like it that looks a little better I didn't want to get too carried away I just the new one is all clean so I didn't want to have this filthy thing sitting next to it isn't that a good look I I just love this retro stripe on the black black and yellow I'm a sucker for but I don't know something about this screams the 70s I'm a product of the 70s must have been a hard coated in there when I was a kid or something because I'm a sucker for you know all these old broncos they have this color scheme on black love it so I've pulled it about 20 times to get the gas pumped up there going to squirt a little gas right in the cylinder spark plug back in oh yeah I do believe that's going to run actually it's just in theck of time the girls are just getting back from lunch all right so I don't know if they're going to want to skate first cuz they don't even know this exists but either way maybe they brought me some soup oh looks like they found some ice skates Grandma and Grandpa have a nice collection of ice skates from all the years past so you ready to go skating Born Ready born ready okay we're trying to get situated out here are your hands Frozen yes I'll help you Penny what do you think I was going to do these Mom are you liking the cold okay we'll get yours on Ella hey we got more skaters showing up cousin Ken is here uh-oh okay we're going to have our inaugural free skate on the pond you ready this your first time ice skating yes oh you got hockey skates on wow that's actually you're doing pretty good you're doing great [Music] cranny who hey [Music] Penny [Music] [Applause] [Music] well the pwn seems to be working for ice skating at least Ken what do you think yeah it's fun okay it's getting awful cold this afternoon so we're going to pick it back up tomorrow get warmed up tonight and then see if we can come up with something else to do too okay they're coming out to the shop and they don't know yet who wants to ride first me okay sorry come on El who did you get huh should we get should we have two when did you get this how did you find this do you like it yeah so you got to choose who's choosing what this one this one you want the red one I'll take faster I kind I kind of like the like stripes on that one but I also really like red as well and it'll mat your yeah go I thought it would be a lot easier to ride two than both of you riding one yeah okay you got to grab a hold of the skis like this Y no just drag it grab a hold of it Ella I'm so happy there's a kill button up here where you can just like reach up and hit it with your hand and it needs to be up in order to run and there's also a key key switch oh the light might be on here on the key ell maybe it works but it'll only run when it's when it's running so turn the key on and then make sure the switch is up you might have to stand off to the side and pull it it's already on yeah it's already on stand over here put one hand like this Eva got it you got it nice don't ride in the new grass cuz of the net yeah go go across the bridge and right out there in that [Music] part we'll see how they do so they've ridden snowmobiles before last year last well they've had a kitty cat since they were what 6 years old 4 years old so they know they know what they're doing does it work good is it fast enough all right [Music] sign [Music] you know the funny thing is we had practically the exact same Yamaha when I was a kid 35 years ago they probably cost about the same as they did back then too regardless it's easy to understand why it doesn't need to be a fancy new rig to make a lasting memory but it doesn't have to be a snowmobile or even a frozen pond for that matter the best way to fight those winter Blues is to just get out there and do something you'll feel better even if you can just change the scenery a little bit and hopefully you get a chance to enjoy it before the weather changes and spring comes creeping back the snow is slowly starting to melt we got one more day you ready to try one more time uhhuh this is probably going to be it they calling for a warm-up for the next two weeks it's about 5:00 on a Monday night and we're going to try to make the best of it want to we can ride over to Grandma and Grandpa's or something yeah okay you want me to ride with you I don't care I'll switch back and for okay so I'm right with [Music] you [Music] [Music] one 2 3 go [Music] the black one is faster I guess you're close on that one I think won that last one are they pretty even either or oh the I don't know should I be teaching him to drag race the F yeah our snow billing season may be shortlived this year I don't know this could be it but I think it's still fun did you guys girls enjoy it yes it was so much fun well if we're lucky we'll get another chance to ride yet this year it's we'll see at least we got one little ride in right mhm but I want to thank you so much for clicking on this video we hope that you liked it and if we're lucky we'll see you in the next one thanks so much what I said are you enjoying the pond again today very F nice and icy blue skies freezing temps and a little ice skating huh yeah not freeing

Channel: Neil Koch: Dig-Drive-DIY

Views: 186,547

Keywords: Neil Koch, Dig Drive Diy, DDD, Winter, Pond, John Deere, John Deere 755, Snowmobile

Id: 8_eO9Oj-XYo

Length: 14min 7sec (847 seconds)

Published: Sun Jan 28 2024