On the Road Again!

We've been going into St. Johnsbury every few days lately. Fred had an appointment this morning and we decided to get our grocery shopping done so we wouldn't need to go again this week! If the forecast is correct, we have a nor'easter coming at us this weekend. Just what we need. We've had snow every day for way too long now. It was snowing again when we left this morning. Fred was out there early with the snow blower. The roads weren't bad - W. Shore Rd. was well plowed and had some sand here and there. I guess it's slippery in places, but we haven't put it to the test, fortunately. Rt. 2 was ok, but slushy and awful if you had to be behind another car or truck. Not much traffic when we were on the road at around 8:30 a.m.

St. Johnsbury was pretty snowy, but calm compared to what we'd left in W. Danville. It was pretty wild at Marty's 1st Stop, too. We
stopped to fill up with gas - Fred likes to keep the tank full this time of the year especially.

Some of you will recognize St. Johnsbury Academy's Fuller Hall. There are repairs going on to water mains or something so that portion of Main Street was closed to traffic except for folks who live out there, I think. It seems a lot of their old pipes are bursting all at once. I think much of the St. J. water system has been in place since the 1800's, so no wonder! I hear it's costing the town a lot to fix things and it's been difficult to keep up with it, especially this time of the year.

When we got back to Joe's Pond, Hasting's Store was pretty busy. We saw several people we knew, Maurice Burrington was there, Mr. Fortin who lives at the end of the bridge going west out of W. Danville - that interesting house that kind of hangs out over the water on one side and projects almost into the highway on the other. Mr. Fortin told us "the state owns 10 feet of my living room." I've always wondered about damage done by the state plows - the snow must just pelt against the windows. He told us there had been some damage in the past but most of the time the trucks are careful and slow down going past the house. Says he wouldn't live anywhere else, though!

That's blowing snow in this picture taken in front of Lucenti's. I guess it's still blowing outside - once we got home we stayed in.
It actually isn't awfully cold, but it's getting colder - I guess that's why we had so much wind during mid-day. We sure know it's December here, although as I was watching the wind blowing across the parking lot at Marty's, I was thinking it looked more like March - which made me realize there's a long way to go until spring!