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For the record, it is still snowing and night temps are still in the SINGLE digits here in NNY. And it is still snowing just off the Tug Hill. Last Saturday I had to shovel the last 60 or so feet of my driveway because the white cement that fell and drifted to 2+ feet in places was to heavy and wet for a snowblower.

That little girlie scraper he had in his hand is not a shovel. It is a toy given to small children to let them think they are helping Dad clear snow. Or for the wife to clear the back steps.

 

I don't even want to ride my snowmobile anymore. It has been winter here, real winter, since sometime in late November or very early December. No let up. 200 inches here. Double that almost on the Hill (Tug Hill Plateau)

It just plain sucks. :bang head::bang head::bang head::bang head:

Oh, and to make things just real peachy, since Christmas I have driven just 30,656 miles though all of it. (Not counting personal mileage) My winter run is a line through the snow belt. Try 40 mile stretches at walking speed to 15 miles an hour. One snow event I actually turned off my headlights and ran on park lights to cut down on reflection off the wall of snow. Why did I not get off Rt 81 at that time? I literally could not find the off ramps. Can't stop, can't fnd a ramp, hard to go forward. Find the left hand rumble strip and continue. Drove on closed highways 3 times this winter. Twice they closed while I was on them, and it is just as easy to continue as it is to find a place to hole up. Once I drove past the signs and continued north. It was still clear and passable. I got off at exit 38N and am damn glad I did. Just few miles later I crossed "the line". For those not familiar with "lake effect" snow bands they are just that. A band, a line in the snow. In a mile they go from grey skies to as much as 3 to 6 inches an hour. I made it home driving around cars that just stopped and some that should have.

Part of me still has fun with the stress and challenge of nasty nasty winter driving. And pride in the 40 years of driving skills and judgement that make me able to push on. Withut ever wrecking myself or anyone else. And have never left a myself or a vehicle stranded.

The rest of me HAS HAD ENOUGH!!:doh::crying::doh:

 

Getting off of and putting away the :soapbox:

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