About 1 this afternoon I finally decided to leave the house and try to get the mail. There was still snow on the sidewalk. I walked very carefully. The upper part of the walk and garage pad was clear. I took the pickup to the mail box. The road had some clear spots on it, but in the shaded areas the snow was still heavy. I was able to cross the creek and barely made it up to the front gate. I got the mail and got back to the Halsell house, but there I couldn't make it up the hill. The wheels just spun. I backed and tried but finally left it there and walked back to the house. The snow was not icy. I walked very carefully and made it without falling down. Every year I have done this and always took a tumble.
When we got up this morning the temperature was 40 and rising. But it takes a long time to melt this much snow. Nancy is from Nebraska and assures me that she can drive in these conditions and will drive around the pickup to get to church tomorrow. The forecast is for more snow tomorrow afternoon but no accumulation. I hope to get the pickup back up the road tomorrow because it is supposed to be above freezing all night which should help clear the road.
I had one pipe freeze upstairs, but it thawed yesterday and I see no evidence of broken pipes.
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