We have spent the last couple of days house bound. Today, suffering from a small bout of cabin fever I announced to Kevin that we really needed to go to the Post Office. So I spent about an hour shoveling the front porch access and taking the foot of snow the blanketed my car. I have superb neighbors, who knowing that Kevin was out of action with a fractured knee cap, quietly put their snow blower to use and cleared our drive way access and some access around the one car. Thanks to them most of the snow was cleared away, and all I had to do was clear the snow around our steps, and take the snow off the car.
It is a gorgeous day – beautiful blue sunny skies that light up the snow covered world outside.
The roads are mostly clear of any large drifts – you have to stay away from the edges, and drive where other cars have compacted the snow down. I have finally discovered the joy of the lower gears in an automatic. The really help with torque, and one can almost imagine that one is driving a four wheel drive. (Not!)
Erie’s main street is plowed and deiced for the most part, and the post office parking lot is mostly clear, with large snow drifts on the edges.
I have taken photos and will post them in an update.
