We drove from San Diego to Colorado Springs for the Christmas break. 2 days after we got here - one of the bigger blizzards hit the area. We are stuck inside - at least we have plenty of food and have lots to do. We sent the kids out 2 times a day to shovel the walk and the driveway. Not that we need it done - it is still snowing - but it gets rid of some of the pent-up energy that they have from being inside all day. Here are some pictures that I took of the storm and some of the fun we had while cleaning up:
Here is Caleb shoveling snow. At this point - it is still snowing and blowing. He did a great job moving a lot of the heavy snow off of the driveway.
Yep - here is our CA car - it has never been in snow like this!
Here is Caleb shoveling snow. At this point - it is still snowing and blowing. He did a great job moving a lot of the heavy snow off of the driveway.
Yep - here is our CA car - it has never been in snow like this!
Here is Jesse after clearing a section of the driveway. You can see from the photo that it is still snowing!
Here is a picture from the top of my parent's street. Normally - the view from here would be a fantastic view of Pike's Peak. Here - you can see the snow drifts. The city plow had been by a few minutes before - but the wind was blowing pretty hard. This was taken about 7:30 in the morning, so there were not many cars on the road. I was able to walk down the middle of the road since most of the sidewalks had not (yet) been shoveled.
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Sometimes it is a good idea to keep on top of the shoveling. I remember once in Omaha it was snowing hard and I said to myself, "I'll wait until it stops snowing before I go shovel the driveway." Well, it stopped snowing when it started raining hard -- then froze everything as temperatures plummeted again. I had 8 inches of Ice / Snow / hard stuff on my driveway that needed a jackhammer to break it free. I broke several implements of destruction trying to remove that composite. It would have been so much easier if I had just gone out and kept the snow level down during the storm.
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