Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Last trip down the drive.

With heavy snow and possible rain predicted for Hope, I felt it was the last chance to get the canopy down before we had structural failure.  Didn't get to head north until 2 PM, so time was tight (or daylight anyway).
The subd roads were well-plowed, the only new tracks on the Alley were snowmachine.  The first thing I noticed was a big spruce down on the side of the Alley, off our northeast corner near the drainage culvert.
It's green and big.

  I noticed that Willie must have pushed the berm away from our drive, so I headed on down the hill with 4WD Subaru confidence.  The little car began drifting a bit on the way down, so I knew I was in trouble.  Got it turned around and tried the hill right away.  Not even close, way high-centered, nearly got stuck trying to back down.  Parked it and got busy getting the snow off the canopy; it was right at it's load limit.  Loaded every tool and rope and lawn chair and baby swing into the car, took the roof tarp off and folded it over the big trash can and a plastic tote in the middle of the standing canopy frame.  Noticed two more spruce tipped over; one just south of the canopy, one on the trail to the outhouse.  Luckily it won't hit the building.





That was a big, unusual wind storm we just had, but it's getting real hard to trust any of those tall spruce on the property.  It was dark before I got the hill shoveled off, then the car just barely made it out.  It was snowing heavy all the way back.


1 comment:

  1. It looks like you got this canopy down just in time!

    I guess I'll be okay with taking out the spruce trees this next summer, if they aren't all down by then anyway!

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