Snow

[katluvr]

Ok, I don't really "like" snow because it is cold. And the hassle of it all (if one has to "drive" to work) But I am enjoying all the stories and espeically the pictures. So keep the pictures coming for this warm weather Florida gal!

[DebW]

I tried skiing to work today. The bike path was still in good shape like yesterday afternoon, and yesterday's wax was still working. Skied about 0.5 mile to the Lexington line and found the next section of bike path plowed. Walked some of that or skied slowly on 0.25" snow. Then a long 0.5 mile walk on a busy road. Not sure if that was really worth it. I'm waiting for studded bike tires so I can ride to work on the nicer winter days.

[Crankin]

Deb, I think I read last year that Lexington and Arlington plow the path. Good for cyclists, but not for skiing!
Today, when I was driving to work, I saw a couple of people getting out of their cars to ski at Great Brook Farm. I am definitely going to ski there on Wednesday (my day off), but I am thinking of going there on the way home tomorrow. I get out at 2 on Tuesdays and my class is over for the semester, but I would have to change my clothes at work and then it takes about 20 minutes to drive there. Realistically, I don't know if it's worth it, since there won't be much daylight left. I might just go home , quickly change, and try skiing maybe on another trail, where I don't have to pay.
Looking at everyone's pictures, I guess we are lucky with our plowing. Everything is pretty much down to the black top right away. I thought about trying to ski down my street, but it was already plowed one time.

[Ritamarie]

Deb, Well that's pretty cool! My husband did commute to work today on his bike with studded snow tires. He made it in but said the commute was a lot longer than normal! He has a few trafficy roads and he'll come home in the dark, so I'll be glad when he gets home. I was out this morning (in my 4Runner!) and no way I'm going for a bike ride. It's the trainer for me today.

One last pic , this one in honor of my DH who took our 17 year old daughter for her first drive in the snow yesterday while the roads were still snow covered. She has a big 'ole Oldsmobile named "Lusitania". (Lusi is the same age as my daughter. Drives like a boat!) Pic is of them leaving down our lane. DH said she did really well but I still drove them to school today anyway!

[Tri Girl]

skiing to work- awesome!

Lusitania- hee hee. That doesn't look like near the tank that I drove (a 1982 Chevy Caprice). Now THAT was a boat.
I never thought of having to teach your kids to drive on the snow- never occurred to me. I grew up in AZ (no snow EVER) and got my first snow lesson when I was 20- and ended up in a ditch.

[Possegal]

I grew up in PA and all 6 of us had to get more lessons from Dad during the first winter after you got your license. I'm a winter bday, so not a problem for me. But the summer/fall bday siblings, had to go back out with the license and take more lessons from dad. Made us all pretty good snow drivers though.

[Tri Girl]

one set of lessons with Dad was enough- I don't know if I could have handled two rounds.

[owlice]

The ONLY reason I shoveled out my car and the driveway yesterday was because I thought I'd be going to work today! Had I known my place of employment would be CLOSED today, I would have waited until today to shovel since it will be going up to a balmy 37°F!!

Sitting with my back against a heating pad,

Owl

[HillSlugger]

The ONLY reason I shoveled out my car and the driveway yesterday was because I thought I'd be going to work today! Had I known my place of employment would be CLOSED today, I would have waited until today to shovel since it will be going up to a balmy 37°F!!

Sitting with my back against a heating pad,

Owl

You were probably better of shoveling yesterday since today it's had an extra day of freezing.

[Ritamarie]

(a 1982 Chevy Caprice). Now THAT was a boat.

LOL, yes that WOULD be a boat. My daughter's car is an '92 Oldsmobile Eighty Eight. It's a good car for a new driver! Big enough to offer some protection but new enough to have airbags. It does roll down the road like a boat though. Gas mileage is a killer, but it keeps her close to home.

[Ritamarie]

I would have waited until today to shovel since it will be going up to a balmy 37°F!!
Owl

Oh, no. You did the right thing. At 37 degrees, you get that snow-sticking-to-the-shovel thing. When I started yesterday at 8:00 AM it was fairly easy to shovel. By 1:00 it was sticking to the shovel. I am really sore today too!

Okay, gotta get some work done today!!!

Really, I'm signing off.....

[owlice]

At 37 degrees, you get that snow-sticking-to-the-shovel thing. [snip] By 1:00 it was sticking to the shovel.

That's what Pam (or spray olive oil) is for -- to keep snow from sticking to the shovel!!

MDHillSlug, I was thinking an extra day of melting and evaporation would beat the extra day of freezing, perhaps? Most snowfalls, I don't bother to shovel; I just wait for it to melt! My house faces south, so my driveway and front sidewalk get full sun.

This snowfall... was a little much, and I really did think I'd have to be at work today, sooo.....

[Crankin]

Ack, I got my license 6 months after I moved to Florida.
I learned to drive in the snow when I was 37. Not a good thing .
Never had an accident, but it did require getting an AWD car and some nice anxiety attacks. Two of the three houses I've lived in here were (are) on big hills.

[Zen]

My daughter's car is an '92 Oldsmobile Eighty Eight.

Does she know this song?

[Possegal]

one set of lessons with Dad was enough- I don't know if I could have handled two rounds.

I totally get that- though we all think that our father was a driving instructor in another life. He was born to teach driving! In his regular days, he was quick tempered and impatient. In the car, teaching us, he was the calmest person in the world. He was quite the enigma, my dear old dad.