More Pictures from "Snowmaggedon II"

We are on the back end of a blizzard, which added nearly a foot to our current totals, and have turned the first mile of Pocahontas Road into a pile of drifts and whiteouts. Here are some pictures that I took this morning.

#1: A view of the front of our house. Our fence has disappeared under the snow (Notice the lamp post and plant hanger to the right)

#2: Looking down Pocahontas Road

#3: The McKenzie Farm; taken from our deck

#4: Habtamu (one of my two sons) enjoys life in a snow cave!

#5: Looking to our side yard and lower woods

From what I can tell, the winter is not over yet. I don't know how many inches we have received here, but I would guess that including the pre-Thanksgiving snows, we are close to 100 inches or more. A True Garrett County Winter!

While I have no pictures of Pocahontas Road south of us, the wind has drifted piles of snow, coving the right lane altogether and creating horrendous whiteout conditions. This afternoon, we drove into three of them, and I can only say that I feel for those people who are trying to navigate it after dark!

The Big Snow: The Morning After

The sun and clear skies have returned to Garrett County (at least for the time being), and here are some pictures taken from our deck.

#1 Looking North toward Pocahontas Road

#2 Looking toward Northeast and Little Savage Mountain

#3 The McKenzie Farm behind our House

#4 Our Side Yard to our Upper Woods

We Have Survived the Great Blizzard of 2010

We were told when we moved to Garrett County nearly three years ago that sooner or later we would have The Big One. Here, The Big One is not an earthquake but rather a blizzard, and the Great Blizzard of 2010 has come and gone and has buried us under about 30 inches or so of snow.

Rather than telling you about it (other than we have dug ourselves out of the snow and the roads are relatively clear), I am posting some pictures that will tell some of the story.

#1 Looking up Pocahontas Road (our house is on the right)



#2 As you can see, we have to dig out our cars (the dogs seem amazed)



#3 Our neighbor, Dave Williams, helps dig out our driveway



#4 Our front-yard fence almost is covered with snow



#5 Johanna is on our deck putting out food for the birds



#6 Some Garrett County scenery just up our road



#7 My son, Alex, helps dig out the Subaru