Out Like a Lamb?

On Tuesday, it rained. Sans a few small shaded locations, we had no snow on the ground. When I put the trash out at midnight, it had turn to snow and was just starting to not melt when hitting the ground.

On Wednesday we had high winds and heavy snow. At times I could not see the building a block away from my office window. By Wednesday night we had 3 foot snow banks outside my office window. My drive was drifted shut. The kids and I shoveled for over an hour. The snow was wet and heavy. To make it worse the bottom was slush. We cleared just enough to get the van out. My wife took the one of the kids to the beach. The waves were roaring, crashing many feet higher onto the shore than normal.

Thursday was no change in weather. There were 5 foot drifts outside the office in the morning. The kids and I again shoveled out the drive. Still some slush and a little less drifting. Because of the wind, I have areas of my yard with almost no snow and others with huge drifts. Again my wife had been to the beach. This time she met my neighbor with the dogs. She said her husband had been out surfing both days. Very cool!

Today, Friday, the storm warning has been extended another 2 days! We are back to barely being able to see the building a block away. We are headed for Harbor Springs this afternoon. I think we are going to take the long route and get on US2 as soon as possible.

Kind of too bad I put the skiis away already!