#prairiewinter

[outhereontheprairie]

Here’s what I love about foggy frosty winter days: the ability to walk out on the prairie and just get lost. It’s so quiet. Everything is white. The wind is still. Every single thing seems to be sleeping. It’s just a completely different world out there. Yesterday, after some errands, instead of going right home I turned off on a few country roads and just drove. It was so densely foggy that I drove right through a wind farm and didn’t realize it until I barely saw the outline of a windmill base through the fog. It was just a transformative experience and I loved every frost covered second. I hope we get more days like this soon. 🌫❄️ #outhereontheprairie #fog #frost #hoarfrost #prairie #prairiewinter #northdakota #northdakotawinter (at Douglas, North Dakota) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7_6Ic-HNBL/?igshid=768ho44bo6ml

[jamietie]

Storm is coming through, followed by another polar vortex. Except in North Dakota, we just call that “winter.” #northdakotalife #prairiewinter #ndwx https://www.instagram.com/p/BtbzPSqH0ob/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=zcr4zcpdi6ia

[jamietie]

Snow on Oct. 3. Guess it’s back to #prairiewinter https://www.instagram.com/p/BofMKcMhaiO/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=goj22mdtnk6h

[jamietie]

Evan Ritter uses a snowblower to clear a sidewalk in downtown Williston at the beginning of Friday’s snow storm. #prairiewinter #northdakotalife

[jamietie]

Wind

I have never experienced weather like we have in northwest North Dakota.

The wind is blowing about 30 mph right now, and that’s pretty normal. It won’t fall below 20 mph until sometime late tomorrow.

We live on the north edge of town, in an apartment complex that was built in 2014. There are no trees to slow the wind. On the third floor, where we live, the wind is a constant presence. It rattles the screens in the windows, and the gusts find their way through any crack below the door. It makes a constant high-pitched whine, mixed with a regular crescendo and decrescendo from the gusts.

When it’s like this, I never want to leave the bed. It’s not the cold, really. I’m inside and our apartment is warm. It’s the way the noise from the wind frays my nerves.

[jamietie]

Snow on April 24. #northdakotalife #prairiewinter (at Williston, North Dakota)

[jamietie]

A pump jack, a butte and snow. A Western North Dakota trifecta. #prairiewinter #northdakotalife

[g-marcus]

Afternoon Warmth The days on the prairies can be cold but for a brief time in the short afternoons there are moments of warmth. #prairiewinter #afternoonwarmth #sunbathingtime #silios #albertawinter #afternoonsun #mytravellinglens (at Alberta, Canada) https://www.instagram.com/p/CokWRKlpNxQ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=