More is Too Much

We got MORE snow yesterday. The 1 to 3 inches over a little ice we were supposed to get overnight turned into 5 inches here and 12 or more inches just 20 miles north, all over an inch of ice. Most schools were closed across four counties and our county declared an emergency due to fallen tree limbs, downed power lines and generally dangerous roads.

I am glad that we didn't get 29 inches like they did west of here in Richmondville NY or up in Burlington VT, but this is still wrecking good moods. By the time I got to the barn yesterday the other old lady who works there was totally disgusted. She had gotten stuck in the driveway up to the barn and had to shovel out to make it the last 100 feet, after shoveling out of her driveway at home to leave, and then had to shovel out the rear barn door and two gates to get any horses out. After getting a couple of stalls done I cleared out a couple more gates and we were able to get the rest out.


The horses were happy to be out of their stalls but their jubilation was short-lived when they tried playing around and were sliding in snow.... again. It's just not fun.