Our second "gift"...a foot of snow overnight! I'm actually joking about this being a gift. It's the most snow that I've experienced since living here as an adult. I wouldn't have minded this snow, but I had to drive to the north end of Denver this morning for Ella's food challenge. I've kind of learned the flat routes to Denver, so I really don't worry too much about driving through Denver. I'm amazed at what the plows are able to do. They use crazy deicer that will melt ice and snow away pretty well. No, no, no, that doesn't bother me. Our biggest problem is getting out of our neighborhood. Mainly getting up our street. We're the second house down! They do not plow side streets. They just don't do it. I've figured out that if I go down the street and around to the next street, I can build up my momentum enough to crawl up to the flatter "exit" street. Well, this tactic didn't work this morning. Try to imagine a compact car trying to drive up an unplowed street with a foot of snow. I almost made it, but my car got stuck.
Whit ran over from our street to help me push. We rocked the car and pushed, rocked and pushed, for like 20 minutes. Finally a man came out of his house and helped us. Boy were my wheels spinning. Once we were able to get up to the flatter street, we were able to make it to the main road - which was plowed. We successfully made it to Ella's appointment. We were just a tad bit late.
We've had a good amount of snow so far in Denver this year. It's actually a good thing because last year we didn't have very much and it was very dry. Last year we had 22 inches total all year (that works out to only about 2 inches of water/rain). This year we've already had 34 inches and winter just started. Jan and Feb are usually snowier than December. So, even though driving in it is not fun, it's actually a good thing. Truly I wouldn't mind the snow at all if we lived in a flatter neighborhood. Stupid hills!
A view of our backyard from the porch. That's a birdbath in case you were wondering. That little dot pointing out of the snow is the top of a plant in our back garden bed.
This is the backyard from the porch looking slightly to the side.
This is taken from our front porch of our unplowed street. "Where's the street?" Just to be very clear, those are not our reindeer, they are our neighbor's. Ella used to like them until she realized that they don't actually light up.
