Blizzard of Ought Seven: Snow Fort

  fort 2 
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We've just experienced the best snow storm ever--I'm guessing it will be close to 20" total.  Now I can cross  "build a five-foot tall snow fort" off my life's to-do list.  I went out to shovel, and realized what perfect packing snow it was, so I grabbed a pail and just started stacking blocks of snow.  Three or four hours later, I had a monster fort, with a little help from Juniorina.  About 3/4 into it, I decided it would be the new SL Library--Snow Life Library, and I was composing a clever post in my head as I kept stacking, stacking, stacking.   But, it kept snowing, snowing, snowing, and  my body was aching like mad from all the shoveling and stacking, so I decided to be content with having created a massive, wholly non-functional snow edifice in my back yard.  If the weather cooperates, maybe I'll do something fun with it later this week.  If nothing else, it will be fun to watch it melt and collapse.

Silly snow fort aside, we totally enjoyed the weekend snow.  It was the sort of winter weather you'd expect Wisconsin to have and went a long way to sate my long-standing big-snow fantasies.   It was great to see all the neighbors out in the alley, wielding a variety of shovels, when the snow plow guy hired to scrape the alley, gave up and went home, saying he was tired of people being cranky with him for not being able to push several inches of heavy, wet snow.   Neighbor Bob finished off the job with his snow blower, and we've all been out several times to keep the sidewalks clean, per La Crosse ordinance.   

We've been a little disappointed with the winter up til now, but this weekend was just what we've been waiting for.

Comments

[skully]

come and build a new SL library down here--- Sand Life!

we can leave it empty.

[Michael Golrick]

I'm glad you are happy....my perspective is that "snow" is a four letter word! Yes, I know with that view I should not live in Wisconsin, but I go where life takes me and just make do.

[Blake]

20 inches? you call that a blizzard?