Winters are not so bad, but ever so often we get those winter storms with much ice and snow and then our world comes to a stop. I cannot get in or out basically because of all the hilly dirt roads I live off of. There was one year we got to 20 below. That was bad since I had to park the truck at the bottom of a hill and walk the rest of the way up hill and back down homeward with groceries. When I finally got home, in the dark, my kids had to help me get my gloves, coat and hat off. I was froze. Try crawling on ice, up hill in the dark with about 4 bags of groceries. LOL. Not fun.