Although Tony and I have been driving today's walking route on a regular basis it it harder to see details when you're tooling by at 35 miles per hour. We quickly found out that some of the sidewalks were perfectly clean and dry, while others were still snow or ice covered. Each intersection had a hump where the plows had pushed the snow they removed from the road.
After almost slipping on some ice I learned to move over to the grass or step onto the street whenever the sidewalk looked dangerous. At intersections I paused to figuree out the best way to navigate the snow humps, which sometimes meant over and sometimes around.
By the time we got to the store my feet were cold and damp. To distract myself from thinking about it I watched the scenery as I passed, and tried to figure out why the snow had melted from some yards but not others.
On the way home it had warmed up enough that some of the snow was starting to melt. The forecast calls for above-freezing weather the next ten days, so hopefully my next walk to the grocery store will be on concrete-colored sidewalks.
Glad it is warming up for you take care! -Christine cmlk79.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteIce is the WORST. I hope it's all gone soon.
ReplyDeleteI hope it's out of here ASAP!
DeleteI wasn’t aware that Missouri had fairly mild winters. It’s like here. Every few years if the conditions are just right, we’ll have snow. It totally shuts down everything. It might last a couple of days and then it’s gone, making us all wanting just a little more! We’re still hoping for some snow this year!
ReplyDeleteWhen I was a child the area had substantially more snow, usually one or two good falls per year. Now, although there are usually minimal amounts each winter the heavy stuff bypasses.
DeleteI just give up on being fashionable now if we have snow or ice and put gallon ziplocks over tennis shoes, and extra large socks over the outside of that. The socks give me traction on ice.
ReplyDeleteI'd not heard of that idea, but it's a good one.
DeleteI like Strayer's method to put socks on over bagged up shoes to provide some traction. L.L. Bean has some stretchy foot-length banded cleats to put over shoes or boots. The cleats cut into the ice. I keep them in my trunk but used them about twice a year when walking to home health patients' houses. Stay safe! Olathe still has piles on intersection corners. Linda in Kansas
ReplyDeleteI haven't browsed through the L.L. Bean catalog in some time, so I'm off to see what all is there.
DeleteI chopped the rest of the ice of my driveway Saturday. Most of it was still firmly attached. Some of this junk may be around for another month.
ReplyDeleteA month or more, depending on how much sun an area gets.
DeleteWalking on icy paths slows everything down - very tiring.
ReplyDeleteYou're right; the walk took longer than it normally would have.
DeleteI like for it to snow, but it doesn't take long for me to be tired of having to adjust life when dealing with the ice and such. This is the one year that I would be prepared for a snowy season. We went to Alaska last year and I had purchased the needed clothes and shoes for cold, wet weather. It sits in the closet and most likely will not be needed. Hope you get a good bit of sunshine to melt the stuff away... Be careful on those sidewalks..
ReplyDeleteYour story is exactly why I haven't invested in a lot of winter weather things; this area goes years in between big events.
DeleteWe have snow from October to April where I live but the melting (and ice) make it much less manageable. Only 65 days until April 1.
ReplyDeleteMaybe I should make a countdown calendar and stick it up on the wall :-)
DeleteSame.. our yard still has snow where as my neighbors is completely snow free.
ReplyDeleteNo rhyme or reason, is there?
Delete"warming" up to 50F degrees! Yikes. I'm glad you have heavy clothes for snow. I have nothing, except the boots, that would work in that snowy weather. I do still have ski gloves, but haven't used them in decades so not too sure of their condition. 50 degrees is so cold to me. We have frost in the mornings right now, but the afternoons are close to 60F degrees. Still colder than I like, though.
ReplyDeleteI think temperature is all in what you're used to. For the most part some type of coat is necessary here from December through March.
DeleteWe're a bit cold and windy today!
ReplyDeleteComing from you that means something.
DeleteIt's freezing cold here. No snow. Grey and dull.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
I enjoy the whiteness of fresh snow, but it soon turns gray and sooty.
DeleteIce is so dangerous. Snow is too if it's melting and slippery. The one thing I don't want to do is fall down.
ReplyDeleteNo falls for me, either!
DeleteWhile we did not receive a n overload of snow a couple of weekends ago (6 inches) it has lingered with bitterly cold temps that are now finally starting to warm up. I am with you on walking in the street and watching for vehicles vs. trying to carefully tred on walkways that have not been shoveled or iced over. The city here clears streets better than sidewalks and I will not risk a fall because of that. Motorists are generally gracious.
ReplyDeleteI read an interesting bit of trivia earlier today-according to the National Weather Service, at least an inch of snow has been on the ground for 16 consecutive days, the longest period in 24 years.
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