What To Wear Now Its Cold

The answer is simple, move further south!! Lol

The answer is simple, move further south!! Lol

The OP lives in Georgia. That's Deep South. Geographically there's not much moving south left, but Florida!

So, what? Valdosta?

Yea it was a toasty 24 degrees the other day. Who knows what the yanks are dealing with. Jk jk

What clothes to bring along is a challenging question. I continue to modify what I carry. The challenge is that even in Winter you can come across everything from +65F and torrents of rain, to -18F (my record so far) with ice and snow. That's a lot to prepare for. And since you don't want to do laundry every other day, you want to carry enough to get you through at least a week. But space in a sleeper is very limited, so you're limited in what you can bring along.

For most cold weather, thermal pants are all I need. I don't like thermal shirts because most of our time is spent in the truck, and sometimes you need to crank up the defroster to keep the ice from freezing your windshield. That, of course, makes it hot in the cab. Then I have two different jackets for the top half, one light duty one heavy duty. For feet, I've found that a good pair of boots provides enough warmth when it's cold, but when it's super-cold, also do have some wool socks.

For protection from the neck up, I carry several options. For just plain cold, there is a knit cap and a knit tube to pull over the neck. Great combo. Can pull up the tube and pull down the cap so that only eyes are showing. For heavy rain, a wide-brimmed hat is great. Also my heavy jacket is waterproof and has a built-in hood. Then for super-cold weather, the cap, neck tube, and jacket hood make a good combo.