Well, I’ve done my civic duty. My sidewalk is all shoveled — or at least a WWI-style trench has been dug to the concrete, one shovel wide, the entire way. My driveway, at least the van side, is also clear.
I love Colorado. This morning the sun came out, and I shoveled part of the driveway out front. When I went back out an hour or two later, the driveway I’d shoveled was dry. At least where water wasn’t running down it.
The big concern now is not snow, or even drought. Short-term, it’s flooding, as snow melts on roads, but the drains are clogged by unmelted snow or slush.
Kitten had fun running around in her snow pants. We took a family walk up to Monaco St., which is still unplowed. A few vehicles are making it out — particularly large pickups and jeeps, mostly driven by teens at home.
I don’t expect we’ll get out of the house today, or tomorrow. Saturday, maybe. A few brave souls have come back down the street, having trekked over to King Soopers for supplies. Not worth it yet.
Though Margie has had to break into the tins of sweetened condensed milk for the coffee …
A highlight of the walk was Katherine in the role of a drunken Legolas — not sinking into the snow, but definitely falling down every third step or so.