December 17, 2009

We left later than we usually do, but still stopped for coffee and at the bank. Traffic was good and about 12:15 we stopped in Janesville for lunch at Red Robin. Getting there was a journey in itself...getting off at the wrong exit, being in the wrong lane, going round about - again and then again - but we finally made it. Thank goodness it doesn't matter what we do! During this expedition we found a Farm and Fleet and a Shopko - both which might be visited in a near future travel! The closer we got to O'Wich, the more snow we noticed on the sides of the road, which just weeks ago was rolling pastures of green - the snow certainly makes things look different! :)

The road to the cabin was much better with the snow on it, but even with the packed flakes, was not in the best of condition. As we pulled to our driveway, we noticed that Steve had plowed for us which made getting in a very smooth and easy arrival.

Looks like some little critter was trying to break in or maybe just keep warm! These little paw prints were on the deck just outside the door!

There was a good 12" of snow on the stairs and what appeared to be even more upon the ground. We brought the snow blower knowing we would need a path to the front porch, the propane tank and possibly the shed or wood crib. Carlo took care of that while I got the water running - this was the first time of me doing this with the new plumbing and it went well!

Carlo started a fire, I moved some of the snow from the back deck and then he moved the rest. By 4:00 it was 54° 43° 22° and everything regarding the cabin, the plumbing and the below zero temperatures of this past week appeared to have been without incident. What a relief!

Time to work on a grocery list! Obviously the grocery list writing took more energy than we thought...our thoughts to stop moving took over the pen and paper project and the stopping turned into an unplanned end of the evening!