Enough with the snow already [Archive] - Page 2 - Women's Cycling Discussion Forums

Zen

02-13-2010, 08:51 AM

I have seen the mail truck in my hood.
I have to go dig out the mailbox.
Thing is, there are two boxes together, mine and the reverend across the road. If I dig mine out his automatically gets dug out too. I know there are teenagers over there who could do this.

My mailbox has become detached though, and it kind of just sits there.
I'm thinking I might dig enough to get to my mailbox, make a pedestal out of snow and viola!

HillSlugger

02-13-2010, 09:01 AM

We got mail yesterday and on Tuesday.

Cataboo

02-13-2010, 09:03 AM

My mailman has come twice at least, I think - but he comes and gives me junk mail, because I guess they're not sorting mail - so one or two pieces of mail like the coupon packs, but not real mail.

And I don't care enough about junk mail for the effort that it took for the mailman to get out here - he shoulda just stayed home.

owlice

02-13-2010, 12:33 PM

A front-end loader is on my street, clearing it!!!!!!

FINALLY!!!!

I'm so excited about this, I'm eating cupcakes to celebrate!!!!!

Zen

02-13-2010, 12:45 PM

I had a cupcake earlier :)

Mr. Bobcat saw me trying to dig out the mailbox and came to the rescue once again. :) :)

owlice

02-13-2010, 01:43 PM

Yay, Zen, for Mr. Bobcat! Should we be tying him up and throwing him into your tent, or do you have that already covered? :D

owlice

02-13-2010, 01:43 PM

Or uncovered, as the case may be.... :D

Zen

02-13-2010, 04:41 PM

Umm, Mr. Bobcat should definitely stay covered.

Ritamarie

02-14-2010, 03:56 PM

I wanna ride my bicycle!!!! Over 4 feet of snow here between the two storms. I've done 20 hours of shoveling since Saturday, but no riding in 8 days. I'm starting to have bicycling dreams! Tomorrow I'm going to order studded tires for my Crosscheck, which will of course assure that there will be no more snow! Pictures from Wednesday afternoon here while it was still snowing. That's four board fence, almost 5 foot high! It's a good thing the snow stopped when it did. My horses would have been very confused when their fence disappeared!

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7rider

02-14-2010, 06:28 PM

A front-end loader is on my street, clearing it!!!!!!

FINALLY!!!!

I'm so excited about this, I'm eating cupcakes to celebrate!!!!!

Congratulations! A most excellent way to celebrate! :p

Cataboo

02-14-2010, 09:15 PM

7, I heard Vail's getting snow... Have fun out there.

aicabsolut

02-15-2010, 01:43 PM

I drove down to NC on Friday to have my race snowed out on Saturday. It melted by afternoon, so I went for a ride, which was nice. Sunday's race ended early with pothole-induced mechanical problems :(. Oh well.

aicabsolut

02-15-2010, 01:44 PM

I also wanted to cry when I went to buy groceries today and it started snowing again. Even though it wasn't sticking.

pfunk12

02-15-2010, 02:00 PM

I also wanted to cry when I went to buy groceries today and it started snowing again. Even though it wasn't sticking.

And it already stopped. So maybe we can be happy until the next snow storm? :p (Sorry to hear about your race cancellation).

tulip

02-15-2010, 02:34 PM

Some of my snow melted and there are CROCUSES BLOOMING! There is hope!

ny biker

02-15-2010, 03:11 PM

And it already stopped. So maybe we can be happy until the next snow storm? :p (Sorry to hear about your race cancellation).

Another band is supposed to come through later tonight, although it's expected to be minor (as in 1").

It looks like we've got at least a week or so of decent weather for melting and cleaning up.

Zen

02-15-2010, 03:44 PM

Some of my snow melted and there are CROCUSES BLOOMING! There is hope!The vernal equinox is March 20th :)

ny biker

02-15-2010, 04:05 PM

The vernal equinox is March 20th :)

And we're almost 2 months past the shortest day of the year. :):):)

HillSlugger

02-15-2010, 04:15 PM

aicabsolut

02-15-2010, 06:42 PM

The new avatar is from a crit late last season.

The bike is ok. The hoods just slid down the bars from the impact, which caused my brakes to close. I wound up yanking them back in place enough that i could get rolling, but they were loose and low from the hit, so I stopped after I finished that lap to grab some tools. I had just put more carbon paste under the hood clamps last week when I changed the bar tape. At least the front wheel is ok and the bars didn't do something funny at the stem clamp. I am also glad the hoods moved and my injured shoulder didn't take the brunt of the impact. Plus, there was a nasty crash on the final lap of the race, so it was a good time to not be in it. Still, I missed out on scoring points for my collegiate team.

7rider

02-16-2010, 02:56 PM

7, I heard Vail's getting snow... Have fun out there.

We're heading there Thursday! :cool:
It's been snowing daily. Not a lot...but enough to make it lovely and the skiing awesome. This morning at Keystone, there were light flurries and it was sunny. The snow in the air and the new snow on the trail were glistening in the sunlight like diamonds. It was the coolest thing I have ever seen here.
(no pix however, cuz it was also danged cold and the mittens stayed on and the camera stayed mostly in my pocket!)

Selkie

02-20-2010, 09:11 AM

Here's what the W&OD looks like in Vienna:
http://wandodtrailreport.blogspot.com/

From what I've read (http://bikearlingtonforum.com/forum.php) and heard, it seems like it'll be awhile before the DC area MUTs are cleared of the mess.

DH has been running at Haines Point and I might join him on the bike if he heads down there tomorrow am.

The good news is that the piles are receding and the more shaded parts of our roofs are just about clear of snow. I love seeing the streets get wider---by inches---every day we get some melt. The dogs have a snow cave under our azaleas out back (they like going out there and pretending to be wolves!), so there will be three very sad golden retrievers when their fortress disappears! That said, they will have a backyard full of mud to romp in and eat (a delicacy they discovered earlier this winter: cold or frozen mud).

BTW, only three more weeks until DST starts...

Zen

02-20-2010, 11:31 AM

Here's a local MTB Trail
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb14/zencentury/SandFlatsTrail.jpg
There's one more good snow in store. You heard it here first.

aicabsolut

02-20-2010, 12:12 PM

Made it outside today! On the roads! Got a bit wet and came home pretty filthy. No shoulders to speak of. Hit a couple mild slush patches. Good times. Drivers (most) seemed to be a bit nicer too. Hard to tell me to get on the path/shoulder/sidewalk when it's still under a ton of snow. A couple people still felt the need to honk, yell, and shake fists. Whatever.

pfunk12

02-20-2010, 01:12 PM

I did the N2 ride today but instead of leaving at the normal 7:30 time, I joined a few of the guys and we did it at 9:30. We had an incident with a driver on River Road. He flew by us beeping his horn and then he cut in front of us and stopped. When we caught up to him, he took off and then stopped again. Then he was weaving back and forth so we couldn't get in front of him. And believe me, I was not about to go anywhere near him. It was ridiculous. One of the guys commented that he's probably been stuck in traffic 3 hours each day this week so he was taking his anger out on us.

It was nice to do a long ride but it is no fun cleaning the bike.

Zen

02-20-2010, 01:49 PM

That guy is dangerous and should have been reported.
Didn't you read this thread (http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showthread.php?t=24749)?

pfunk12

02-20-2010, 03:07 PM

That guy is dangerous and should have been reported.
Didn't you read this thread (http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showthread.php?t=24749)?

I knew about the California incident and one of the guys said that what the motorist was doing was exactly like that. Only one of our riders got close enough to his vehicle. The rest of us stayed way back and didn't want to mess with the fool (or make it look like we were messing with him). We yelled to our guy to get his license plate but he didn't get it.

aicabsolut

02-21-2010, 10:54 AM

I had the opposite experience today. Out on River, a guy was lost or something and after he passed me, he started going really slowly, especially down the hills, but then he'd go for a bit, then slow down again. There was another car following him who put its hazard lights on. I was confused and stayed way back to avoid being sprayed from the wet road. Eventually, they "pulled over" (not really b/c of the snow) and let me pass. The guy in the front car yelled "sorry!" as I went by. Weird, but nice, I guess.

owlice

02-21-2010, 07:39 PM

I was soooo hoping to get in a ride today; I haven't ridden since Feb 5, and that was just a few miles. (I'd fallen the weekend before on my snowy driveway, so the ride hurt some, but I was glad I got in a little ride.) I had homework (dang it!) that took MUCH longer than I thought it would; I'd hoped to finish it yesterday.

I might take my bike with me to work tomorrow and try to get in a quick ride before it rains (probably over at Hains Point).

Selkie

02-22-2010, 12:27 AM

There's one more good snow in store. You heard it here first.

No offense, Zen, but I hope you're wrong about that...

bmccasland

02-22-2010, 04:26 AM

Here's a local MTB Trail
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb14/zencentury/SandFlatsTrail.jpg

Don't I see X-country ski tracks in the snow? If you can't ride the trail on a bike, do you ski it? :p

Zen

02-22-2010, 05:27 AM

I walked down the trail a bit and it looked like it had been skiied and walked. I wish I had thought of it sooner. The trail is only five minutes away but now it's getting up into the 40's.

So I'm still hoping for that one last snow ;)

ny biker

02-22-2010, 07:40 AM

spokewench

02-22-2010, 08:09 AM

It snowed all day yesterday, only had about 4 inches yesterday morning to shovel and then nothing stuck, but it blew snow around and snowed and sleeted and just basically looked yucky all day!

Woke up to about another 4-6 inches this morning and it has been snowing ever since and sticking; so who knows? It is supposed to snow through the evening and then we get a break for perhaps a day and a half!

I'm tired of this already!

spoke

kmehrzad

02-22-2010, 08:13 AM

I just read that they're planning to plow the WOD this week. They said that their policy is to leave the trail unplowed for a while for xcountry skiers, then they plow down to 1 inch and let the rest melt.

That's great news. I thought the snow on the W&OD wouldn't fully melt until April at this rate. There are LOTS of fallen trees on the trail, so that'll be a challenge for the folks doing the plowing.

kmehrzad

02-24-2010, 04:47 PM

I just read that they're planning to plow the WOD this week. They said that their policy is to leave the trail unplowed for a while for xcountry skiers, then they plow down to 1 inch and let the rest melt.

I noticed today that the W&OD trail has been plowed, just in time for a fresh dusting of snow tomorrow night. Looks like a lot of the fallen trees have been moved as well. Progress is being made ... yes!

beccaB

02-25-2010, 06:31 AM

I'm so SICK of snow! We had a snow day this week, but what we really need is a snow week! Driving a school bus in it is becoming extremely tedious!

spokewench

02-25-2010, 07:47 AM

My husband was watching the news and saw that we have had the most snow in the country for the year - 118 inches! that is 9.83 feet nana nana nana!

Yeah, like I really want to have that distinction! I'm so tired of snow

Selkie

02-26-2010, 12:08 AM

Spoke - My heart goes out to you. I bet it's gotten to the point where you say, "oh, we're only getting six inches of snow tonight, no problem."

Cataboo

02-26-2010, 05:57 AM

I was boggled yesterday when they started trucking away some of the snow piles on the side of my street... They were half melted or more already... why bother at this point?

7rider

02-26-2010, 09:16 AM

I was boggled yesterday when they started trucking away some of the snow piles on the side of my street... They were half melted or more already... why bother at this point?

Really. Why can't they put those guys to work cleaning the MUTs??

DH and I are about ready for another Tu/Th hookey day up to Whitetail......

aicabsolut

02-26-2010, 10:30 AM

I was boggled yesterday when they started trucking away some of the snow piles on the side of my street... They were half melted or more already... why bother at this point?

exactly

Zen

02-26-2010, 10:52 AM

Last time I was out that way (Wed), Shookstown Road was still two lanes in some places.

Cataboo

02-26-2010, 10:56 AM

Really. Why can't they put those guys to work cleaning the MUTs??

DH and I are about ready for another Tu/Th hookey day up to Whitetail......

Let me know... Although, I went the friday after the 2nd "blizzard' and was sooo aggravated at the place. I'm thinking about going to Crested Butte end of March.

Cataboo

02-26-2010, 10:57 AM

Last time I was out that way (Wed), Shookstown Road was still two lanes in some places.

The snow's melting pretty fast. I was overjoyed when Rosemont melted enough to be 2 lanes in both directions.

You getting any snow coverage today? The highway signs say don't go to western MD, 'cause there's blizzard conditions.

Zen

02-26-2010, 01:54 PM

I live 8 miles from you. We have the same weather.

something's coming NEXT WEDNESDAY.

You heard it here first.

Cataboo

02-26-2010, 02:48 PM

I live 8 miles from you. We have the same weather.

something's coming NEXT WEDNESDAY.

You heard it here first.

Gambrill is lesss than 8 miles from me. Weather there is different.

It doesn't immediately follow that we're 8 miles apart and the weather is the same when there's Catoctin ridge or whatever that is between us and another line of ridges on the other side of you.

Zen

02-26-2010, 03:08 PM

I don't live on top of the mountain (http://www.maplandia.com/united-states/maryland/frederick-county/wolfsville/)

Cataboo

02-26-2010, 03:10 PM

I don't live on top of the mountain (http://www.maplandia.com/united-states/maryland/frederick-county/wolfsville/)

For all I know there's a localized low pressure system from the wind pattern between those ridges or one of them causes a rain shadow.

Selkie

02-27-2010, 01:07 AM

I live 8 miles from you. We have the same weather.

something's coming NEXT WEDNESDAY.

You heard it here first.

Yes, but it looks like it's going to be well above freezing, so anything that falls likely will melt. That's what I'm hoping, regardless. Actually, I hope that it doesn't develop, takes a track way offshore, etc.

Snow fans have plenty of places to go and enjoy themselves, all within driving distance of DC.

owlice

02-27-2010, 06:51 AM

I got home at 8:30 last night. I awoke to fresh snow on my car.

Selkie

02-27-2010, 07:51 AM

We had a slight dusting, too, but it's long gone now, thanks to that strong sun.

ny biker

03-05-2010, 01:40 PM

I just saw buds on the trees outside!!!!!

Spring is arriving!!!!!

Zen

03-05-2010, 05:13 PM

Snow fans have plenty of places to go and enjoy themselves, all within driving distance of DC.

Don't be hatin' on the snow.
Or lulled by this weekend into a false sense of spring. It ain't over yet.

ny biker

03-05-2010, 07:46 PM

Don't be hatin' on the snow.
Or lulled by this weekend into a false sense of spring. It ain't over yet.

No! Take that back!

Selkie

03-06-2010, 12:36 AM

Don't be hatin' on the snow.
Or lulled by this weekend into a false sense of spring. It ain't over yet.

Don't be hatin' spring!

Next week, highs in the 50s Monday through Friday. :):):):):):):)

Zen

03-06-2010, 08:05 AM

Not hatin' on Spring, just bein' a realist.
Get it while it lasts.

Cataboo

03-06-2010, 09:00 AM

Not hatin' on Spring, just bein' a realist.
Get it while it lasts.

You mean, before it's 98 degrees with 98% humidity and we're all *****ing about the heat?

Zen

03-06-2010, 09:17 AM

No. I mean before the wind comes back in March and the rain starts in April :eek:

HillSlugger

03-06-2010, 10:04 AM

It was pretty windy out there this morning.

Cataboo

03-06-2010, 09:34 PM

No. I mean before the wind comes back in March and the rain starts in April :eek:

Wind is good. I will just take the kite buggy out.

Selkie

03-07-2010, 03:54 AM

Zen's cold rain is coming early---later this week. I don't mind because it won't be snow or ice and it should clear away the rest of the stubborn mummified snow/ice boulders-patches.

HillSlugger

03-07-2010, 05:08 AM

I was planning a birthday ride for Thursday, but now I'm not so sure :(

7rider

03-07-2010, 09:50 AM

I was planning a birthday ride for Thursday, but now I'm not so sure :(

Ooooo.....are we all gonna have to sing Happy Birthday to a someone on Thursday???? Cool! :D I'll have cheesecake in your honor! ;):p

HillSlugger

03-07-2010, 10:08 AM

Ooooo.....are we all gonna have to sing Happy Birthday to a someone on Thursday???? Cool! :D I'll have cheesecake in your honor! ;):p

I'd prefer to meet and share it with you! :D

ny biker

03-07-2010, 03:05 PM

I would just like to point out that one month ago, I was outside shoveling snow for about 4 hours.

Today I went for my first bike ride of the season.

owlice

03-09-2010, 09:25 AM

Cheesecake on Thursday? I'm in!!

My February riding journal looks dismal. Sad. Three lonely little entries. ~~ sigh ~~

March looks like it'll be much better! (Note to self: get rain gear.)

Zen, NO MORE SNOW! No no no no no no no! (And BTW, please do read the link I left elsewhere about the Manhattan apartment deal. If you didn't have dogs, you could sign right up! :D )

7rider

03-09-2010, 09:53 AM

Cheesecake on Thursday? I'm in!!
)

It may not last 'til Thursday. We had a large Costco one on Saturday night with dinner. Leftovers are going a (generous) slice at at time. DH loooooves this cheesecake! Had a great diet day yesterday....right up until that cheesecake called to me from the 'fridge! :rolleyes:
So, see? I was serious. MD...if you want any, better get here soon!