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Two weeks ago we were well on our way into spring. The crocus were blooming and the redbud was putting on a spectacular show a few miles down the hill. The weather was just beautiful, so I started preparing for woodcutting season. I took the plow and chains off the truck and aired the tires up to 60 psi. Last weekend we had a surprise fall of snow, about 5-6 in., but it melted off quickly. The forecast for the coming week was a 6-12 inches of snow mixed with rain. Just in case, I put the plow back on the truck, but not that chains, daring Mother Nature to do something about it. It started to snow last night. By about 10:00 we had about 4 in. , so I hooked up the pull-plow to my Honda wagon and made sure that Momma would have no trouble getting to work. I woke this morning to this
That's her Prius in the foreground. Fortunately, her AWD Matrix had its snow tires on and had been prepared for duty. She made it out fine, but told me that snow was flowing up over the hood as she drove out to the highway. It took me until about 8:30 am to find my Goretex, dress and steel my nerves. Walking out to the truck I was sinking to my knees. It took nearly an hour to lower the tire pressure and put the chains on all 4 tires. It took 'til noon to plow our driveway, the lane we live on and the lane that connects to the county road. It's been snowing continuously all day. I had to go rescue the daughter, SIL and grandbaby who lost power, then go out and plow some more. Here's what it looks like now
There was no snow on the roof and virtually none on the ground yesterday morning. It's still snowing hard and is forecast to continue all night. I'll probably have to plow again before I go to bed.
Be careful what you wish for.
That's her Prius in the foreground. Fortunately, her AWD Matrix had its snow tires on and had been prepared for duty. She made it out fine, but told me that snow was flowing up over the hood as she drove out to the highway. It took me until about 8:30 am to find my Goretex, dress and steel my nerves. Walking out to the truck I was sinking to my knees. It took nearly an hour to lower the tire pressure and put the chains on all 4 tires. It took 'til noon to plow our driveway, the lane we live on and the lane that connects to the county road. It's been snowing continuously all day. I had to go rescue the daughter, SIL and grandbaby who lost power, then go out and plow some more. Here's what it looks like now
There was no snow on the roof and virtually none on the ground yesterday morning. It's still snowing hard and is forecast to continue all night. I'll probably have to plow again before I go to bed.
Be careful what you wish for.