Day 10--Igloo Completed by Stalwart Crew

View photos of Day 10 Chris Rosenblum came by for the scoop and even laid the first bricks of the ice bar while the crew worked feverishly to complete the task in the frigid night air. We did it! Bennett, Molly and Andrew dropped by just as the champagne was being popped as Bob Scott, "The Arm," closed in the roof.

Love at First Sight!

Mary came by midday to help put on the tarps and keep the sunshine off the bricks. Fair colleen Maureen was enamored of her first igloo. Many are called, but few are frozen!

Day 10--Bright Morning

Looking promising. Now we get to the gravity-defying good part! Work session planned today from 4 or 5 to 8.

Day 9--Back At It

We worked until 8:30--I mean we PLAYED! After a light dusting of snow fell in the night, we were able to send out an APB that work would resume in the afternoon. Temps in the mid 30's caused icicles to lengthen and drip, but the day got colder towards 4 when we resumed. Big crowd today! We all have too much time invested to let the project falter--onward! Check out the photos of our big push.

A Teensy Little Bit of Snow

What a difference a light dusting of snow makes! The weather bodes well to resume production so we will be in the yard from 4 pm until 7-7:30 tonight. Going down to 12 degrees tonight which will freeze it all solid. Come if you can!

Days 7 & 8--Sunday and Monday

We are waiting for the weather to improve, which is to say, get cold and snowy again. There's an ice fog hovering over the igloo still wrapped up tight, but sustained colder weather is necessary to resume production. Estimating that we can begin again tomorrow. Hang in there! The long range forecast for the weekend is very good. Tentative work party Tuesday, 2/10, 4 pm ish.

Day 6--Let's Save the Igloo!

What does it take? TEAMWORK! John sprayed down the shell every 10 minutes for an hour last night while it was still frigid, until the hose froze up. Then he was up and out before dawn for the funeral of his high school buddy, Jimmy Koller, in Lafayette Hill. Sam and Nina came to the rescue to help swaddle the frozen shell in tarps to wait out the sunshine and balmy temperatures. Everyone has the day off to attend to other matters. Surely Phil's forecast can't be wrong.