Hi Dutchess. Yes, I'm staying warm today ...barely.
Lady keeps reminding me in her posts how much worse things could be here. :)
LX...did you really cut the curves and make it a straight b-line to the grocery store in Alaska? :)
LOL - read my lips, Aqua - it was not a Hummer vehicle..:))
No "curves" - knew there was no chance I'd hit a "curb" beneath the hard-packed snow accumulation with a few feet of new snow on top.
The base between the commissary and me was laid out in a lovely, predictable grid.
Only one left turn to make to get within a block of it - then with no traffic, entered the parking lot at whatever point I wanted.
THEN came the beeline straight to the door, gunning it so I wouldn't get stuck!
The Chevy van had only 75 horsepower, mind you, but accommodated with ease 7-8 caribou when the fellas went hunting, and had a great personnel heater in the back to ensure everyone was warm.
It was easier than 3 years before when I lived near the Fairbanks airport, in the woods, a 1/4 mile from the Chena River.
When the snow melted in May, all the water created behind me flowed toward the river, making a slow-moving stream (@ 30' wide) between my house and the road to the highway.
Protocol for a couple of weeks became leave the car on the other side of said stream.
Get into the rowboat and row across to dry ground.
Go to town in said vehicle and back with necessary items.
Load items in rowboat - row across stream to yard.
Adventures?
The Lord put me through a few paces in my time...:)))