Thanksgiving

[painter777]

I never moved the snow thrower from the garage up here to the back boat house/shop after last winter like I usually do. But haven't needed it, all the lake effect went north and south of us. We've only got a couple inches, light enough my leaf blower blew off the cars and walk way. No way I could shovel right now with these D@mn ribs even if I needed to.
My Wife's friends went north with plans to get about a weeks worth of work in on a home their building. Right in the Lake effect snow belt, they averaged 12" of snow a day for 3 days and got 19 and 1/2" over the last 24 hours they were there. So a total of 56+ inches of snow over 4 days and a white knuckle ride back home down here that took 8 hours instead of the usual 2 1/2. All they managed to do was non stop snow plowing / throwing.

You mentioned Deer hunting:
Near the end of our annual 2 week camp we got snowed in the deep woods of a National Wildlife Refuge Deer hunting back in the early 80's way out off a 2 track in the Upper Peninsula. 2 big army tents put end to end were caving in about 2am when someone went out to take a leak. He woke us up and turned the radio on. We had a Winter Storm Blizzard Warning expecting 4-5' of snow coming off Lake Superior. We started tearing camp down and loading up. It took us 2 full days and 1 night working shifts to winch and shovel our way out far enough to where some snowmobilers had broke trails that we tried to track in out to a open road. I've never been so wet, cold and exhausted. We were snowed in at the motel we made it to for 3 days. Never had a Bar tab that big in my life either.

Anyone remember when kids would wander door to door asking if you wanted your driveway shoveled or lawn mowed?