Digging Out

The total snowfall at the apartment was, by our best guess, between 30 and 36 inches. The 24-hour snowfall record for the Burlington area was approached by this last storm, and according to the various services, there has not been a single February storm this powerful since the 1880s.

This morning I dug us out as far as the main walkway - a distance of about 10 feet from the apartment - and created enormous snowbanks. We still haven't made it to our cars yet, but most everything is cancelled or postponed, so there's no hurry. We hope to give you pictures of the aftermath throughout the day.

It's actually quite nice to get outside first thing, before breakfast, and attack the snow. There's nothing to get the blood pumping like dense snow. And I think we're the first apartment to have created a path to the walkway! While I was doing this, Boudicca was making a fine country-style breakfast: bacon, homefries, and she even boiled up some hot chocolate. What a fine day off!