I moved to Michigan about 4 1/2 years ago. I arrived at the beginning of summer, where I discovered how nice it is to live somewhere where it doesn't get scorching hot and you can actually enjoy the season outside. The first three winters here were relatively mild-- not so cold that you couldn't enjoy the great outdoors. And then came the winter of 2013-14 with its polar vortexes, frigid temperatures, and SNOW. We have never seen this much snow in a Michigan winter before, which makes plowing the driveway with the Little Mean Green Machine quite challenging for a novice tractor driver.
In all honestly, if I had experienced a winter like this one when I first moved to Michigan, I probably would have packed my bags and headed South. But, the last three "mild" winters helped prepare me for the current weather.
Last Friday we had a winter storm blow through with high winds and a fair bit of snow. I awoke Saturday morning to find the farm taken over by snow drifts...
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| There are actual stairs leading up to the driveway under the snow... It took me awhile to dig myself out so it was safer to walk back and forth to the barn. |
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| The snow drifted halfway up the sides of the barn. |
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| Fortunately the snow was really light so the tractor had no problem backing out. (And yes, that's a picture of the tractor in the foreground! Maybe one day I'll post a picture of the whole thing...) |
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| Charlie didn't have any problems getting around in the snow. Especially if moving meant getting more hay to eat. |
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