SNOW!

The snow piling up on our deck yesterday.

The first forecast was for a few inches of snow. By the time it was over, we had about 26" in about 30 hours. Everything was closed yesterday; the mall I work in, schools, colleges, businesses. Thank goodness it was all closed. The neighbors who normally plow our driveway were out in Seattle, but about 9am, here comes a different neighbor in his big John Deere tractor, moving snow to clear the way. Behind him comes another neighbor in a smaller John Deere to help, then another more distant friend in his truck and plow. So, by noon we were pretty much cleared out, and Big John came over once more in the afternoon. This morning I didn't have any trouble driving down to Burlington. There was still a little sluch on Williston Road, but otherwise all the roads were cleared down to the pavement.