Winter??? What is this winter???? Is this winter thing when the wind blows real hard??? OK, my other home is right outside of Yosemite up in the hills and we really do have all four seasons, just nothing like A lot of you get. I have even been know to have to break ice when duck hunting down in the central valley so don't let Chuck tell you it doesn't get cold there.
Where I was at it snowed quite A bit and I did hang most of my planes until spring, not all but my bigger planes. I did pull the batteries and keep them on the trickle then cycle A couple of times over the winter. The engines I ran dry then ran alcohol through them then some after run oil. That was about it.
After I built the new house I got the old house for A shop and it was heated so that put an end to any of this silly winter stuff. My shop here is heated too but it never gets turned on unless I'm out there working, same with the air conditioning. Dang this is nice, I really am A spoiled kid!!!