The Latest Blizzard

I suppose I could have entitled this post "ANOTHER Another Blizzard", but geez, that gets to be so redundant!   But, it's apropos, considering the way this winter has gone.  Blizzard... dig out.... blizzard... dig out...   Ramsey has been learning about patterns in school.  That is definitely a pattern - one that we're hoping comes to and end QUICKLY!

Eric left work at noon on Wednesday, with the assumption he would not make it home that evening.   Needless to say, all of us were housebound until Friday evening, when the snow plows finally arrived at about 6 PM.

The ferocious storm, given the name "Ulmer" - and considered a "land hurricane", proved fierce and constant winds, up to 55 and 60 mph!  We didn't have a massive amount of snow, only around 6" or so, for a total snowfall of around 70" (twice as much as we usually get, but not as bad as the winter of 1996-1997).   Amidst the chaotic state of nature, we were lucky and did not lose power once.  Others were not so lucky and were without power for days.

The pics below were of another road on the lake that got hit bad.   We couldn't make it 50 feet up the road to see how truly awful it got.

 Some drifts got to over 12' + tall.   The highway department was only able to get one lane open on our main road's curves, just West of the bridge.  It's days later and I've heard they're STILL digging.

So here was our super fun Friday night:

Ramsey and Riggs had MUCH more fun than Eric did.  I just came out to move my vehicle... and look around, in awe.

This was a big and slippery pile.  I was quite impressed that Ramsey was able to make it to the top!

The drifts in front of the house and garage were more impressive and were rock hard.   Riggs enjoyed himself.

And Ramsey did too.  They played for a long time.  Ramsey even let Riggsy have his "sword".

And Ramsey found a really cool spot by the garage, just on top of the wood pile.