Snow started falling in earnest around 8AM - continued all day, heavy at times, until around 9:PM. The wind picked up mid-morning, and the drifting began. Early afternoon the temperature began its downward slide. By the time the snow wrapped up it was in the teens. O boy.
The roads were not horrible if you had all-wheel or 4-wheel drive. The snow was already drifting back into the roadways. He used the snowblower for well over an hour. We haven't used that snowblower since 2010, been in the barn with a thick layer of dust. He used it all over the parking lot, drive way, and dry paddock, and around the run-in shed.
I had already prepped the stalls for the boys, they were ready to come in. I used the metal curry comb to brush the ice/snow off of their coats and the minis, too. The metal comb scrapping the ice/snow against their waterproof coats made a horrific sound. Lil Fred spooked at the noise. Icicles in their manes were hanging like beads.
We have areas of bare gravel, and 15-inch snow drifts on our hilltop.
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