Subaru -- the joys of all-wheel drive
Feb. 11th, 2005 09:30 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jhetleyCan't tell you how much snow we got overnight -- too much wind and drifting for reliable measurement. Best guess would be somewhere 12-24 inches. And stuff is still coming down.
Ran snowblower for about an hour this morning, necessary prelude to putting out the trash and going for the newspaper. I anticipate further efforts later -- like there's this 5' drift blocking our back door, and that will be manual labor because I can't run the snowblower up the path. Meanwhile, Wife says that the garage door will do just fine until April or May....
Somewhere out there is a snowplow muttering "I'll be back" in a perfect Austrian accent.
Drove to get the newspaper this morning, hence the update title. The sidewalks are blocked, and if I'm going to share the road with cars, I prefer to be in one myself.
Skiing should be possible again.
Ran snowblower for about an hour this morning, necessary prelude to putting out the trash and going for the newspaper. I anticipate further efforts later -- like there's this 5' drift blocking our back door, and that will be manual labor because I can't run the snowblower up the path. Meanwhile, Wife says that the garage door will do just fine until April or May....
Somewhere out there is a snowplow muttering "I'll be back" in a perfect Austrian accent.
Drove to get the newspaper this morning, hence the update title. The sidewalks are blocked, and if I'm going to share the road with cars, I prefer to be in one myself.
Skiing should be possible again.
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Date: 2005-02-11 02:41 pm (UTC)We find we use that ground clearance a bit; after all, we are running a small ranch and our Outback (nicknamed "Sydney") really does go off road (and looks like it at times). SWMBO figures she can fit seven bales of hay in, eight if she puts one in the front passenger seat. Presuming, of course, the pickup isn't available.