Blizzard!

I know many of you also experienced the Blizzard that hit us last week. It was one widespread storm!
On Wednesday we had 18 new inches of snow and everything was closed. There were 1154 closings on our local station.
One place that never closes was the Nursing Home where I work. I knew I would need to get to work. Heather works as a cook there, so she needed to get in as well. My Blazer is a 4 wheel drive, so we figured we could do it.
We bundled up, taking extra clothes along since we didn't know how long we would have to stay and took off...
and got stuck in the driveway!
On top of the 18 inches, was the wind which had created huge drifts and one was at the end of the driveway. Bob had to do some snow blowing and we left again.
We had to drive for several miles following 2 tracks, before we got to a road where a plow truck had done a little plowing. When we got to the road the Nursing home is on, we were in trouble again. It was filled with snow. I didn't dare to go too slow or I would have gotten stuck again.
Finally I made it - a little late, but there!
We were a little short staffed, but not bad. One of our aides had taken in a big 4 wheel drive truck and had been out picking people up. Several people had gotten stuck at the end of the road the Nursing home is on and she rescued them too.

This is the walk to the front door. It doesn't show it well, but we were walking through knee high snow to get in.

This shows how high the drifts got.

Another drift outside a side door.

Snow piling up on the roof...

and everywhere else!

The birds braved the cold and wind to get a meal.

By the afternoon, the sun was out. The afternoon staff was able to get in and I got to go home on time!
Here's Bob clearing a path to his workshop. The snow is almost as tall as his snow blower!

This shows you how deep the snow is.

This is our back yard, covered in snow!
That's enough for awhile, I'm ready for Spring!