It all started with my husband and I driving to our house in another town that we rent out. We were meeting a prospective renter to show the place. We walked in the house. It was freezing cold. My husband walked up the stairs to the thermostat in the hallway and skidded along the floor. We looked down and the entire floor was a skating rink. We skated along the hallway to the bathroom and the all the air in my lungs vanished.
The entire floor was covered in ice as thick as 3 inches. The tub was filled with ice. The sink and toilet were overflowing with ice. After we caught our breath we looked around the house. The basement bathroom looked much the same but with water instead of ice. It was very surreal.
Suddenly our pre-planned day of renting our vacant home then continuing along our way to a relaxing and refreshing retreat in Banff for the weekend ended.
