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chowder66

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2. Protect your eyes Minnesota!!

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Wed Jan 21, 2026, 04:28 PM

Yesterday

I remember when I was in Minnesota when I was a young teen (with my friend at the time) and the windchills were -40. I was taught to protect my eyes from my friend's brother, who we were visiting. He gave us each a pair of goggles so that we could cross from his place to where we were staying just across the lot. They also had a rope set up because it was whiteout conditions so we held onto the rope to get across. I couldn't even see my friend for a minute at one point.

I loved every minute of it!!

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