There is only so long this farm girl will stay indoors. The snow stopped early last night and by this morning I was ready to get out of the house. Or, more accurately, I wanted to escape my basement apartment. Sorry, kitty, you are on your own!
I suited up in my ski pants and obnoxiously green ski jacket (if I ever get hurt on the slopes ski patrol won’t have a problem finding me!), threw on the gloves, boots and fuzzy hat. A girl cannot go anywhere in the cold without a fuzzy hat. Out I went thinking I would be Sacajawea meeting up with Lewis and Clark for a grande expedition! After the last snowstorm that dumped 20-something inches in December I had been the only one out the next day. Not this time. People were bustling. It must have been because satellite tv went out at their houses too… The Cold New World was … populated. Oh well. Off I trekked in to the wild of Sterling, VA.
The views were spectacular! Amazing how a bit of snow can make the ordinary look extraordinary. And I was happy to see most roads plowed. Again, quite different from the last storm.
No outlet, but I am not sure you'd want to enter either!
And then, what is that? A yeti? Okay, no… it was The Boyfriend meeting me halfway on my trek.
Oh no! A yeti!
Nicole + Yeti
The Boyfriend and I decided to stop in at the local General Store (Safeway) to stock up on supplies for the Superbowl. Homemade wings were waiting at his place – which was part of my motivation for getting out – but we were out of necessary grains… Tostitos Scoop Wholegrain Chips are mandatory for any football game! Along with salsa from the International Foods isle, of course.
Off again in to the “wilderness” we went. By this time there were many more multi-horse carriages (cars/SUVs/etc…) on the road. I was a bit sad but I guess it is good that VDoT was able to work so quickly. The Boyfriend and I finally were able to get off the beaten trail and in to his apartment complex where the world was quiet once again.
Trees heavily loaded with snow.
Until later in the afternoon. Before that we saw a few people walk outside to inspect their snow-laden cars only to give up without even trying to clear them. Finally a determined few attacked the snow with pots and dust pans. Some people scooped at the snow with their trash cans. Although many neglected the two+ feet of snow on the tops of their cars…
They came back later with only 1/3 of the snow left on top. I pity the people who were driving behind them.
Tomorrow will be another adventure. I will brave the roads to get to the farm for a much-needed day of work. Although, this is what I just saw on the “real” main road… I can’t believe it is so much worse than the back roads I walked on in the morning.
The road was far worse to travel on than what it looks like in the picture.
But, that is tomorrow and there is no sense worrying about it now. In the meantime I will part ways with this wonderful phrase…
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Woohoo! Go Colts!
