Enough, already!

I think everyone has had their fill of this storm. We're all pretty tired of shoveling, plowing, blowing snow, mired vehicles, treacherous roads, and bitter cold. It's been a day of frustration because snow drifts seemed to appear magically, tilting across newly shoveled walkways and roads in smooth blue-white layers. No matter which way you threw snow off your shovel, a big part of it blew back at you, stinging your face and settling on your aching back. Temperatures were too low for some machines to start properly, tempers where short and the day too long. We saw men clearing snow off the roof at Bertrand's well after dark tonight. From our living room windows we can see plow trucks working along Rt. 15, down Island Drive and North Shore Road. I'm sure they'll work well into the night to get everything opened up.

About the only vehicles moving along W. Shore Road throughout the day were plow trucks. The town finally plowed late this morning with the big grader. We haven't been over by the Plains Cemetery, but I'm betting there are some pretty big heaps of snow there and it would require the biggest rig the town has to get up that hill. Oldest son, Bill (Dimick) said St. Johnsbury got a lot of snow, too, and was in shut-down mode with lots of businesses closed. One restaurant that had offered a special Valentine's Day menu has rescheduled to offer it on Friday. Schools have been closed for two days.

Fred took these pictures after shoveling our walkway. I just hope the gas man appreciates all his hard work. I also hope another big storm doesn't hit right away to fill it all in again . . .