January 6, 2005
27o F
North wind 15 mph
It will snow most of the day with little or no accumulation
The north and south steel columns was put up today.

  Back in the fall when we started this project I knew that most of   
 the construction would take place in the winter. I also knew that there would   
 come a day when we would have steel workers on lift cranes putting up steel,   
 and I knew that we could count on at least a couple of weeks in January that   
 the snow would be falling, ground frozen, and the cold wind would blow. 

Today was one of those days!

Most of the white on the ground is not snow but Ice

Dan comes out every day to check on the progress but rearly gets

out of his truck on days like today.

The picture does not show it very well but the sky was gray with clouds

and the air was full of snowflakes.

Big Crane

The road north back to Jerseyville