Bob, our neighbor, was out with his snowblower bright and early this morning. He cleared a path from the MH to the cabin so we could walk back and forth. The snow is very wet still and the blower was still blowing it very well. Nice tool to have up here considering all the snow they get every year.
Bob and I are going to take a short ride in a while to see how the roads are and if any more trees have fallen during the night. I need to get some more gas to make sure I have enough to keep the generator working at least another day or two. 10 gallons equates to about 16 hours of generator use and I don't want to run out in the middle of the night. They are calling for a low of 27 tonight and then it will be warming up so it won't be as critical that we use the generator as much.
We made it down to the gas station without any problems in his 4-wheel drive vehicle. There are numerous power lines down all over the place, along with many trees lying over power lines. There will have to be a major effort to get power back on quickly up here. The collage below give a better picture of what it looks like up here than I can describe.
The sun is shining brightly and the wet snow is falling on the roof of the MH with a big thud. As long as it is snow, that isn't a problem. We are parked in a fairly clear area so I don't think falling branches will be a problem. We are in a heavily treed area so it is always possible for branches falling.
It was nice to be back in the MH and we slept very well except for Gerry putting more firewood in the fire a couple times. The cabin temperature got down to 44 with the fire being stoked for the night. During the day it was 60 degrees with a bigger fire. I can't imagine how difficult it would have been for those early settlers to live in a log cabin and keep it warm. Not for me.
5 more days until departure.
Oh, golly! We lived in the mountains near Butte, MT for four years, know how the snow can be! Back then we had a yard tractor with a snow blower attachment. I really enjoyed riding that baby around clearing the snow. We never had a power outage in that time, else we'd have lost water. Our well was 400 feet deep, and the pump was electric. And we weren't smart enough to have a standby generator. Snow is beautiful to look at, nice to play in for a few hours, but not always welcome on a long-term basis.
ReplyDeleteJerry, We also have a well down about 180 ft that uses 220V to run it. When we lose electrical power, we lose the water, showers, toilets, etc. Not a fun thing. We are at the end of the line next to a State Forest and suffer the consequences when there is a power outage. Normally we would be long gone by the end of October and this wouldn't be a problem, but medical issues delayed us about 6 weeks this year.
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