Thanksgiving

[jimb16]

I hope everyone is having a great day today! Happy Thanksgiving!

[painter777]

I enjoyed watching the Lions as the Bears Wasted the last 30 seconds of the game.
1st time ever Detroit has a 11 - 1 record.

It was a Good Day

[jimb16]

We've been hit by a huge lake effect snow storm. 3 1/2 feet of snow and more coming. Don't think I'll be going to the range any time soon. Deer season is shot too. Starts tomorrow and I can't even get the truck out of the driveway! Oh, well....

[browningautorifle]

3 1/2 feet of snow and more coming.

Glad I'm not back home then. I'm from right across the lake from you, southern Ontario. Just above Point Pelee...

[painter777]

I can't even get the truck out of the driveway!

Me either Jim, but not because of deep snow the starter gave up. And its too cold for me along with those couple ribs I popped to swap it out right now.

[Sapper740]

We've been hit by a huge lake effect snow storm. 3 1/2 feet of snow and more coming. Don't think I'll be going to the range any time soon. Deer season is shot too. Starts tomorrow and I can't even get the truck out of the driveway! Oh, well....

One of my brothers lives in Edinburg, PA and sent me pictures of his property, trucks and tractor completely buried by snow.

[jimb16]

I dug out the truck today. 25 feet off the road and it took me 4 hours to get it out! Thank heaven for all wheel drive. I can't even get to the snow blower which is buried in the garage behind the boat. I can't get the boat out without first clearing the other drive so I can move the car which of course is also buried in deep snow. If it ain't one thing, its another! We "officially" got 43 1/2 inches of snow, measured after it had started to settle! We escaped any more today with a wind shift. All we got was an additional 1 1/2 inch dusting. But we might get a little more tonight and for the next couple of days.

[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?

[jimb16]

I actually had a kid from across the street volunteer to help for free! I thanked him and declined the offer. At that time the snow was only 2 feet deep. We "officially" have 45 1/2 inches this morning but we got another 4 inches during the day today. Its going to start up again tomorrow night and continue through friday. We are expecting another foot of the white stuff.

[painter777]

I actually had a kid from across the street volunteer to help for free

Kid must have seen you out there from over top of his computer game screen
I can hear him now........

Mom, I got to go help the Old Guy across the street shovel out before he falls over with a Heart Attack.
It looks like he's going down any minute !!

Mom rushes to look out the window Then tells the boy...... Hurry, Hurry !!!!!