Snow Shots

After the snowstorm was over, we had to begin the task of clearing the snow. On Saturday the objective was simply to clear the front steps and carve a path out to the street, mainly so we could walk the dog. I also made a path along the sidewalk in both directions.

On Sunday we needed to dig out the driveway so we could use the car:

You can just see the nose of the car at the left edge of this picture, to give you an idea of how much we had to clear. After about an hour and 15 minutes, we were halfway done. At that point, a group of several teenagers with shovels came by looking to make some money, and asked us if we wanted help. We quickly agreed on what we would pay them and how much they would do for that amount, and they got to work:

It took them only about 20 minutes to finish. The result:

And all that snow had to go somewhere. This is only a small portion of it: