Finally, the Mud is Gone!
A quick visit to the barn was in order after lunch for the sole purpose of removing the accumlated snow from the seven shelters in the barnyard. I could not drive to the barn as the access road was snow covered. My Toyota sedan is not known for its cross country ability, so I gum-booted it to the barn. The barnyard is now a frozen, snow covered winter wonderland. The snow-blower was sitting under a nice blanket of snow, while the tractor was parked in the barn. I'm pretty sure I know what we will be doing this weekend...
We got about 15cm of the white stuff yesterday and a few more cm today. The average daytime temp is about -5oC and the wind is blowing out of the north. The shelters definitely required a good roof scraping. This was accomplished in short order with a snow rake...yep, a snow rake. For the snow-deprived, it is just a long pole with a plastic blade on the end designed for pulling snow off of a roof. It saves using ladders and helps to prevent falls -sometimes...
My 45 and Prototype shelters, Bob's "Ted" shelter were not overburdened as they benefit from being in the constant wind. However, Bob's shelter nearest the barn, Grant's two and Clive's shelter had a considerable build up of snow and ice. These shelters are "sheltered" from the wind so the snow tends to build up and stay put.
It took about 15 minutes to denude the shelters. Unfortunately, no CMP work got done this day as I had a prior engagement with my son to build a snow fort when he finished his homework. One of these December days, we will have something more substantial to report.
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Why is it that when you have the $$, you don't have the time, and when you have the time you don't have the $$?
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