Backroads are still messy but that is to be expected. Some of the "main roads" were RIDICULOUS this morning! Just as I left a back road to enter the land of black-topped road, I spotted a red van in a large ditch. Other passer-bys had stopped and no one was injured. I stopped and asked if they needed help. Only a wrecker. Ok. I drove into cell range, stopped and called 911. It seems that there have been many calls to 911 for help in getting pulled out of a ditch. What has happened is that people get stuck, call 911, a wrecker is dispatched and in most cases, by the time the wrecker got to the scene, the cars had been towed out by folks willing to help. That's nice but it has resulted in 911 refusing to call for towing assistance because the tow trucks have been getting stiffed. I can see their point but also wonder about those folks who haven't received the aid of a kind stranger (or friend).

My rather L-O-N-G driveway is still full of snow except for the pathways created by our driving up and down the driveway. It's not perfect but it will do. :) It serves to keep out pesky folks who don't have brains enough to have 4-wheel drive in this part of the country! *GRIN*

Seriously though, the snow is nothing new. It snows, we dig and plow ourselves out or we just sit tight. I'd rather have snowstorms like this than hurricanes, tornados (which they do have around here occassionaly), earthquakes, etc. I wouldn't want to be out driving on the road during one but feel good in knowing that both myself and RidgePlucker know when it's not safe to be out and we are both smart enough to stay home when necessary. We are very lucky in that we CAN do that.

LQF