Well, I'm back. Electricity was out for 35 hours. Have a big enough generator, but haven't yet gotten it wired up to run the house, so had to run some extension cords for the fridges. Too bad we didn't have running water. Had water for drinking and other essentials, then had to boil snow for the toilets so we didn't use our stash of good water.
All told, we had 40" of heavy, wet snow from Thursday evening to Saturday evening.
Man, am I tired of plowing. 2 days of getting soaked through plowing while it was snowing, and then this morning, plowing in the nice sunshine, but I had to wear my waterproof gear as the snow was dropping from the trees, so I roasted.
If I keep all these plowing jobs for next year, I'm going to have to go with a cab, because I have to get out and stay on top of these big storms, and in a normal winter, there are plenty of those. It takes a lot out of you battling the cold, driving snow, soaked clothes (even the Gortex), and everything else for 3-4 hours each time you go out. It's one thing when you're just plowing your own drive, but when you've got a half dozen other drives and 3/4 of a mile of road, all the right gear is nice. Good excuse for a cab - gonna go with one for just the winter, because summer and fall is too nice up here to be all closed in.
Anyway, the big meltdown is happening now, and I think I may just stay off the tractor for at least a day.
Gotta go shower - been 4 days since my last one.
Just like camping.
