Great News! More Snow!

[ellyssian]

When I got back from plowing out the nature center, it looked like we have almost as much snow in my driveway as we did this morning! More plowing! Coolness!

For the most part, plowing at the nature center went well.

Made it up the hill, did the parking lot, stacking snow 4-6' high (there's a natural hill there, so it isn't *all* snow... maybe just 4' of it...) Made a pass down the hill with the plow in a V. Made it back up, and cleared stage left, angling to the left. Attempted to get back up to take care of stage right. Made it half way. Started going sideways. Started going backwards. In drive. In 4 wheel low. In first gear. Yoikes.

Backed it up, mostly under control, and, after trying several spots, finally got purchase and made progress back to where I had stopped, about 3/4 of the way up. This is when we really had the backwards-going-forwards thing down and it got scary. Need chains. Backed up to a cross street, turned, and went down.

Took care of the flat street with a V pass, then out stage left, and back in stage left to get both sides. Cleared the small parking area, did a stage right coming out, then cleared the intersection at the hill and finally cleared the intersection of the private gravel roads with the township road. It curves there, so the town plow guys leave a big island.

Fun, although Rachel didn't seem all that impressed (even when we were sliding down backwards! =)

Comments

[bluesgirly.livejournal.com]

Can't you just use a flame thrower? Seems so much easier:)

[ellyssian.livejournal.com]

Believe it or not, that's less fun.

Unless, of course, it involves one of these - and that still needs a plow and a small loader to feed it. =)

[cissa.livejournal.com]

We have lots of snow! Wanna visit? :)

[ellyssian.livejournal.com]

I'd love to get up that way again, but I probably won't until later in the year. No snow then, most likely. =(

[opakele.livejournal.com]

Yay, snow! You would have gotten a rise out of me sliding down backwards...