A physical activity I no longer do

[lph]

There is always a bit of a layer that will turn to ice unless you shovel.

Indeed. I hate hate hate it when the snowplow guy leaves this thick layer of snow. It's just peachy for maybe two days, then it impacts into rutted ice which is hell to bike over, and it doesn't melt until May. Can't he just plow it properly in the first place!

I like shovelling snow. And I'm good at it too Our driveway is just perfect when I've been at it, not so much when my teenage son does it, though I appreciate the effort!

[Reesha]

Indeed. I hate hate hate it when the snowplow guy leaves this thick layer of snow. It's just peachy for maybe two days, then it impacts into rutted ice which is hell to bike over, and it doesn't melt until May. Can't he just plow it properly in the first place!

I like shovelling snow. And I'm good at it too Our driveway is just perfect when I've been at it, not so much when my teenage son does it, though I appreciate the effort!

That's interesting... when I was in Sweden for two weeks in March of 2010, I was surprised to discover that everyone had studded tires and pretty much all the roads that weren't highways or town-to-town were just left with snow and ice on them. It was up to the people to drive sanely, not the government to clean them off perfectly. So many people don't know how to deal with snow and ice in the USA and it frustrates me.

I miss the snow, outdoor speed skating in Lake Placid, cross-country skiing, sledding and yes even SHOVELING. Winter in LP was magic. The very best!

[roadie gal]

Our driveway is 350 ft long, so no snowblower for us. But we have to shovel the berm that the city plow leaves every time it snows. I swear the city plow waits until the driveways are all done then they go by and do the streets, leaving huge, rock-like berms for us to clear by hand.

Just for grins, another picture from last winter. This is our driveway in mid March. The car is parked about halfway down the driveway, facing the street.

[Irulan]

You must be in Tahoe.
Our city plow drivers will lift the blade so there's no berm if you flag your driveway. Most people around here with drives that long use a ATV/Gator with a plow, or hire a plow guy.

We get lots of blowing/drifting here. So, sometimes even if they plow, the wind fills everything in. We've had drifts so high that we could walk up on top of our house.

[indysteel]

Our driveway is 350 ft long, so no snowblower for us. But we have to shovel the berm that the city plow leaves every time it snows. I swear the city plow waits until the driveways are all done then they go by and do the streets, leaving huge, rock-like berms for us to clear by hand.

Just for grins, another picture from last winter. This is our driveway in mid March. The car is parked about halfway down the driveway, facing the street.

Oh my goodness. I will never complain about shoveling ever again.

[Owlie]

Holy cow.

I haven't done much snow-shoveling the last couple years, because I've been in dorms/apartment complexes when the heavy snow falls, where I don't have a driveway or sidewalk to shovel. I do, however, do it at home if I happen to be there when it snows.

[goldfinch]

After my spouse had a hand injury I did all the snowblowing and shoveling.

Then I became a snowbird.

[Irulan]

After my spouse had a hand injury I did all the snowblowing and shoveling.

Then I became a snowbird.

We bought ours the fall DH had a horrible bike accident and was very seriously laid up. That December we got 5 feet in a week and there was a run on them at the stores.... and we were all set. I feel really burly when I put on the carhartts and fire that sucker up.