The second storm of the season hit on the 8th of January. This one dumped 9 inches, leaving a decent amount of fresh snow to be cleared. After the snow was pushed aside it gave us our first opportunity to enjoy the white stuff and we made the most of it with several snowshoe excursions.
In quick succession, on the 12th of January we were hit by another big storm, this one dumping well over 14 inches on us overnight, and adding what was already on the ground. We woke up to quite a spectacle. Erin went outside first to start shoveling and soon came back in and told me to not even bother getting up. The cleanup from this storm was difficult, but we persevered and managed to eventually get the driveway clear with the help of the tractor.
On the 18th of January mother nature mixed things up a bit and an ice storm took hold. This was a mess to clear up, but the driveway remained open nevertheless. We sat by the fire in the evening trying not to hear the loud cracking sounds as the trees around our house, now bent over by the weight of the ice, finally snapped and crashed to the ground.
On the 21st of January there was more snow, but only a few inches which seemed inconsequential to mountains of snow we had already dealt with.
On the 27th of January another massive storm hit, this one dumping in excess of 12 inches, and adding to the ever increasing amount of snow on the ground. The cleanup from this storm proved the hardest yet as we were quickly running out of places to put the snow.
After 3 days without mail (because our mailbox was buried) and spending most of the weekend continuing the big dig out, we now have a day to regroup before the next storm hits on Tuesday.
