2008 at the Hammond Barn

[Alex Blair (RIP)]

Originally Posted by Grant Bowker

I'm just glad we don't have to resort to these methods at the barn, at least so far.

Unless you are a masochist, the only way to get into the feilds of dreams is by snowshoe. Once you got to the field, I don't know how much you'd see sticking out of the snow. Bare chassis would be invisible and most trucks would probably be little more than a few corners sticking out of the snow pile.....

I've been watching as this snow pile grew during the winter. They started by just dumping the truck loads. As space became scarcer, they pushed the snow up into a heap using a bulldozer. Now they've run out of space for simple measures and are using excavators to lift the snow from one level to the next and then to the next. It will be several months before the ground gets back into sight from under the pile. No perspective tricks were used, in fact the pile starts several hundred feet behind the bus. These are real excavators as well, not the toys used by landscapers.

Hi Grant..
That looks like the end of my driveway...
And there is 10 CM's more snow coming tonight..
But then it is still winter in Canada..and will be for two more days..
The 20th is the first day of spring..
Thats that Sean Spence fella sending those Alberta clippers our way..
Even the tree rats won't come out..