Two days after the big snowstorm, and the snow is still playing a factor. I was surprised how busy lunch was at work yesterday…..the main roads are now all clear now….the parking lots are all cleared......I wasn’t surprised how slow dinner was. As soon as evening hit, it got bitterly cold.
Before I go any further, let me explain the parking situation, here at the house. We live on a corner of 2 side streets. There is no parking on the street that runs along the side, so many park on the grass (which is covered with 8 to 10 inches of snow) between the sidewalk and the street. We, however cannot park in the front of the house, due to the fire hydrant…..so we park on the side. The street on the side of the house got plowed again last night, the snowed got shoved underneath the cars, thus rendering any attempt at moving said vehicles useless. Oh, we tried many things, pushing, rocking, digging some snow out….nope, we were stuck….. longest stretch of movement: 6 inches.
The saving grace here, is that my son works for a towing company, they needed him to get to work, so a truck came and pulled us both out. Yay! The not so good part…..I have to go out and shovel a path…..I’ll just think of it as my workout for the day.
It’s funny, no matter how old you are, there is a certain fascination with watching any type of machinery like this in action……as I did….all bundled up, standing on the sidewalk with my coffee in hand. This wonderful piece of machinery accomplished in minutes, what would have taken us a couple of hours, had it been necessary for us to dig our way out with shovels. And it would have taken a LOT of shoveling!
Gotta love winter!
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