These are pictures from Leslie Lewis's home in Centerville. She figures that she got about 31 inches of snow! In my front yard in Farmington, we think we got about 3 feet of snow!
How much snow fell where you live? What are your shoveling stories?
My daughter measured 18 inches a few blocks from Highland High, where we live. One of my neighbors and good friends works for UDOT, and is responsible for the BIG truck and trailer plows you see out clearing the freeway. I'll have to see if I can get a picture of my plow and post it. I get up at 4:00 and plow about 2 miles of sidewalk, plus a few driveways for some of the older folks in my neioghborhood, before I quit about 7:00 and get ready for school.
I was so disappointed that I had to drive to work and my husband who works for Davis District got the day off. It was a hair raising drive Thursday and Friday. I am so glad that we have the Legacy Highway, now. If we didn't I probably wouldn't have made to school on time.
We had tons of snow too. I live at the mouth of Emigration Canyon. I spent about 4 hours on Saturday Morning digging out neighbors and my elderly parents and helping to push cars that really couldn't make it up our hill. I remember a January in the early 90's when we had ten feet of snow in the matter of a week. We had to have a front-end loader come dig out our driveway because we couldn't blow the snow any higher. We honestly couldn't see our neighbors house across the street. I'm not so stressed about the snow, but about frozen pipes. I have already paid the plumber to come once, but again this morning my kitchen pipes where frozen even though I had left them dripping last night. UUUUUghhhh!
We had about 18 inches up at the University. I had to shovel out to the birdfeeders yesterday. I love the snow! It smells so fresh and everything looks so clean. Going home on Thursday night (Did anyone run into the "parking lot" that was 4th South on Thursday night?! I was stuck there for an hour and a half!), I noticed a lot of U students out in the roads. What were they doing there? Pushing and digging out cars. Seeing them help made me smile.
I am sure that I had about 15+ inches but it felt like soooo much more. I enjoy shoveling snow, but I put in much more time than I wanted to spend. I was shoveling for three properties, neighbors out of town and good deed diease. I just hate being cold, I look like Nanuck of the North while I shovel, I wish I could find gloves that really kept my fingers warm! Sorry Jean, dripping pipes are no fun! I was pretty, and it is the perfect excuse to stay in and READ!
I got 25 inches in Bountiful. Friday was quite the experience getting to school. My husband shoveled for over an hour to get us out of the driveway and helped our neighbor who got stuck in her driveway.
My shoveling story is the maintenance snow remover man in my area has creative ways of shoveling. None of which are helpful. My friend said last evening, "We should cross-country ski in the roads."
We got so much snow that there was 4 feet of snow on Friday morning at the edge of our driveway...hence we could not leave until it was shoveled by hand:(
I live in East Millcreek, Holladay area and we got about 30". I took my dog (miniature size) out Friday morning to do her stuff, she took one look at the snow and squatted right on the sidewalk and ran back inside. I had to shovel a path for her on the grass so she would have someplace to go. I know - that's pretty pathetic - but she thinks she just like my little 4-legged human child. The icicles on the west side of the house where I live are so bad that I don't dare walk under them for fear of being nailed in the head by one falling. AND I have already falled 3 times in the last 2 weeks on the ice. WHERE IS SUMMER????
I live by the Salt Lake Country Club up against the mountain. My son shoveled the walks a piled the snow on the side. It was 4 feet high. The dog freaked out and refused to go for a walk.
I love the snow, but I'm not a big fan of low temperatures. I took my son snowboarding over the weekend and we had a lot of fun. He took lessons and in only two hours learned everything there is to know about snowboarding, which BTW took me three years, and countless number of lessons. So proud of him, but still think it's not fair ;)
Sunday evening was great, because our son-in-law and one of his 5 sons came to snow-blow our driveway due to my husband's shoulder replacement. My 14-year old grandson & I stayed inside and had such a fun time talking, eating homemade cookies, ice cream cones, & drinking hot chocolate with marshmallows .
Where I live in Bountiful,we had the same amount of snow as Centerville. Did anyone else get to go out to snowshoe over the weekend?
ReplyDeleteThat is a lot of snow Leslie. In Tooele, we had about the same amount.
ReplyDeleteMy daughter measured 18 inches a few blocks from Highland High, where we live. One of my neighbors and good friends works for UDOT, and is responsible for the BIG truck and trailer plows you see out clearing the freeway. I'll have to see if I can get a picture of my plow and post it. I get up at 4:00 and plow about 2 miles of sidewalk, plus a few driveways for some of the older folks in my neioghborhood, before I quit about 7:00 and get ready for school.
ReplyDeleteYou're a good man, Joseph, to help dig so many people out. I'm sure your neighbors love you!
DeleteI was so disappointed that I had to drive to work and my husband who works for Davis District got the day off. It was a hair raising drive Thursday and Friday. I am so glad that we have the Legacy Highway, now. If we didn't I probably wouldn't have made to school on time.
ReplyDeleteWe had tons of snow too. I live at the mouth of Emigration Canyon. I spent about 4 hours on Saturday Morning digging out neighbors and my elderly parents and helping to push cars that really couldn't make it up our hill. I remember a January in the early 90's when we had ten feet of snow in the matter of a week. We had to have a front-end loader come dig out our driveway because we couldn't blow the snow any higher. We honestly couldn't see our neighbors house across the street. I'm not so stressed about the snow, but about frozen pipes. I have already paid the plumber to come once, but again this morning my kitchen pipes where frozen even though I had left them dripping last night. UUUUUghhhh!
ReplyDeleteWe had about 18 inches up at the University. I had to shovel out to the birdfeeders yesterday.
ReplyDeleteI love the snow! It smells so fresh and everything looks so clean. Going home on Thursday night (Did anyone run into the "parking lot" that was 4th South on Thursday night?! I was stuck there for an hour and a half!), I noticed a lot of U students out in the roads. What were they doing there? Pushing and digging out cars. Seeing them help made me smile.
I am sure that I had about 15+ inches but it felt like soooo much more. I enjoy shoveling snow, but I put in much more time than I wanted to spend. I was shoveling for three properties, neighbors out of town and good deed diease. I just hate being cold, I look like Nanuck of the North while I shovel, I wish I could find gloves that really kept my fingers warm! Sorry Jean, dripping pipes are no fun! I was pretty, and it is the perfect excuse to stay in and READ!
ReplyDeleteI got 25 inches in Bountiful. Friday was quite the experience getting to school. My husband shoveled for over an hour to get us out of the driveway and helped our neighbor who got stuck in her driveway.
ReplyDeleteMy shoveling story is the maintenance snow remover man in my area has creative ways of shoveling. None of which are helpful. My friend said last evening, "We should cross-country ski in the roads."
ReplyDeleteHello All
ReplyDeleteWe got so much snow that there was 4 feet of snow on Friday morning at the edge of our driveway...hence we could not leave until it was shoveled by hand:(
I live in East Millcreek, Holladay area and we got about 30". I took my dog (miniature size) out Friday morning to do her stuff, she took one look at the snow and squatted right on the sidewalk and ran back inside. I had to shovel a path for her on the grass so she would have someplace to go. I know - that's pretty pathetic - but she thinks she just like my little 4-legged human child.
ReplyDeleteThe icicles on the west side of the house where I live are so bad that I don't dare walk under them for fear of being nailed in the head by one falling. AND I have already falled 3 times in the last 2 weeks on the ice. WHERE IS SUMMER????
I live by the Salt Lake Country Club up against the mountain. My son shoveled the walks a piled the snow on the side. It was 4 feet high. The dog freaked out and refused to go for a walk.
DeleteI love the snow, but I'm not a big fan of low temperatures. I took my son snowboarding over the weekend and we had a lot of fun. He took lessons and in only two hours learned everything there is to know about snowboarding, which BTW took me three years, and countless number of lessons. So proud of him, but still think it's not fair ;)
ReplyDeleteAnd snow again!!!
ReplyDeleteSunday evening was great, because our son-in-law and one of his 5 sons came to snow-blow our driveway due to my husband's shoulder replacement. My 14-year old grandson & I stayed inside and had such a fun time talking, eating homemade cookies, ice cream cones, & drinking hot chocolate with marshmallows .
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