This past Sunday it rained all day. Sunday night we awoke to freezing rain tapping at the window. Monday morning the freezing rain changed to heavy wet snow. Midday we lost power. Tuesday morning we woke up to this!
Steve got on his tractor and tried to clean things up. He was even able to move trees on the road so he could get to our elderly neighbor a mile down the road and plow him out.
We live at the end of the road, however the snowmobile trail goes to the west from us. This is the way to our cabin. Steve and two other guys worked on the trail yesterday. Steve got to the cabin and all is good.
These last two pictures were taken when Steve and I went for a ride on our four-wheeler which has tracks on it. Back roads were impassable and still are and will be for a looong time.
Our electricity finally came back on Thursday night. There are still many places that are without. Our small towns were without power also and even the big city of Sault Ste. Marie. Have you ever been in a Walmart when the lights went out? Power was eventually restored then went out again. This happened all week. The holidays were interesting!
Our electric company, Cloverland, had to hire extra manpower to get everyone up and running. Those guys and gals, along with other utility guys and gals, worked hard for us all. We sure appreciate them!
We were fine without power for those four days as we heat with wood and we had our generator running when we were awake. This morning we had some light freezing rain which has now changed over to light snow. Hopefully the worst is over!
Happy New Year Everyone!!
