Here's the view out my front door this morning. That grayish pile is my GMC pick-up. 
I was scheduled to work at Gypsy Lea's this morning so I had to bust my way through the 5-6 feet high by 20 feet wide drift at the top of my steep and snow packed driveway.
This is what the driveway looked like after 15-20 minutes of me blasting at it with my 4 wheel drive truck.
This is one of the reasons that we can survive with this type of weather. The County road near my house was plowed clear by 9 AM.
At least we have the equipment needed to deal with the weather that we have to fight.
Mr. Flannery
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I'm beat
I blew out here three times on Saturday (eight inches each time), so it was do-able for my little blower
This morning the plow came by
My blower said no way
Broke my Swedish plow right off the bat
Moved the burm the old fashioned way
Brother in law fried the big blower down at my dad's
The impellor belt was burned to just slipping
Went to the parts store and got a replacement
Had to dissect the whole machine to get it in
The bolts were fun to handle as the sun set at minus 5 with a stiff breeze
The big blower, running well now, didn't much like the depth there either but I goterdun
Put it on the trailer and headed for Gramma's
It was a sight to behold
The bank at the end of the driveway was chest high and damn near ice
Behind that was only about 14-16"
Between her house and the neighbor's was a drift at my collar height
The drift has nowhere to go on either side and has to be sort of doubled moved to get either to the front or back
The blower acted like it was all concrete
Even though it is self-propelled, I think I was pushing or pulling the whole time
Most of my muscles feel tenderized
I see sooooooooooooooooooooooo many perfect spots for a snow angel 'bout my size.
;-D stay warm! I'm shivering and it's only like.... 30 something.
;-D robelyn
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