12.17.2020

When I woke up this morning, it was too dark to see how much snow we got, but the forecast had changed and now showed that we would get 1-2 feet by the time it was over.  

But this was the view from the kitchen window when we looked out - and it continued snowing until early afternoon!

When Jim opened the man door in the metal shop - this is how much snow we had...

Somewhere in there is Jim's 4Runner!

You can see it's over 3' of snow - and none of this is falloff from the roof - this is level all the way out!

Unfortunately, the shovels were still in the pole barn so Jim just had to push his way through!

Jim looking back at me probably thinking, Sure, you're in there in your jammies taking pictures - ha!

But he got the Bobcat and snowblower out and started working.  It was tough because the snow was probably 15" over the top of the snowblower!  He had to go very slowly.  Plus, with all that snow, there was no way to figure out exactly where the driveway boundaries were!

Once he had enough plowed up near the carriage house, time to tackle the car - look at all that snow!

A little closer look at just how much snow is piled on the car.  Jim got it cleaned off and moved to the plowed area...

Once he got down to the fork, he started working on the upper driveway...

A view of the patio area...

A big focus was being sure the generator was cleared of snow - there's no way it could run covered up like this!

All of this had to be dug out by hand...

I didn't get an after picture until it was dark but Jim has it all cleaned in case we need it - but thankfully we didn't lose power from all this snow...

Once Jim got down to the end of the driveway, he told me to come out and see just how deep it really was.  You can see how deep it is on me after Jim made the cut for the upper drive...

The road crews here do a fabulous job of taking care of the roads, even after this unbelievable snowfall.  However, that means pushing all that snow over to the side, making a mountain of snow at the end of the driveway...

There's the mailbox!

And our package box and trash cans are underneath all that snow somewhere!  However, you can see how beautiful it is in the background - the sun shining through the trees, making everything sparkle!

After clearing the end of the driveway...

And even a path to the mailbox!  Any additional clearing down here will have to be done by hand.

For the most part, the snowblower worked very well - the work Jim did to convert it to high flow made a huge difference in the way it was able to shoot the snow - I was amazed at how far it shot!  But the movement of the chute continues to be hit or miss.  

I'm not sure how Jim had any excess energy, but with an hour or so left of his workday, he got busy in the wood shop, gluing up another cabinet side panel...

And putting a coat of primer on the other side of the access door...

Quite the storm to remember!  

High 21/Low 7 - over 3' of snow!