5-6" of new snow! My creative mind is trying to figure out how I could market the winter of 2010-2011, using my familyname "SNOW" here in Vermont, after all this is where our G G grandfather "Erastus Snow" was born.
On one of our days out visiting we passed this trailer being cleared of its snow. When we came back down the road there were men sitting around the wood pile off to the left, and they had a big fire going and chairs around it like they were enjoying a summer picnic. They waved, and we waved back. It was easy 10 degrees that day! I really wanted to get out and take their picture but, we are as odd to them out visiting in our dress clothes and badges, and in a car with "Idaho plates" as they were to us having a hot dog roast in 3 foot of snow..... "Only in Vermont" lol
How many ways can you say BEAUTIFUL! We had the 3rd worst storm on record in Vermont on March 7th. Areas received up to 32" of new snow. In South Royalton we received 15+" with an Ice Storm that followed. It was the third storm to hit this area in just over 10 days and each brought 8-12" of snow. It is getting hard to find places to put the snow. Today (March 8th) we took Elders to Manchester for transfers and we saw miles of these beautiful trees covered with a thick layer of ice. They shimmered like iridescent fabric or like white lights at Christmas time. It was simply amazing. I wish the pictures did justice to what we saw. Everything you see is ice - not snow! :)
This is the lane to our mountain cabin. We have a man who keeps it cleared for us but even with that, at times it's hard for us to make the climb after fresh snow or when the road is muddy. We live in such a beautiful spot. From our hill we can see out over our little valley winter, summer, spring and fall and each season is wonderful.
How many ways can you say BEAUTIFUL! We had the 3rd worst storm on record in Vermont on March 7th. Areas received up to 32" of new snow. In South Royalton we received 15+" with an Ice Storm that followed. It was the third storm to hit this area in just over 10 days and each brought 8-12" of snow. It is getting hard to find places to put the snow. Today (March 8th) we took Elders to Manchester for transfers and we saw miles of these beautiful trees covered with a thick layer of ice. They shimmered like iridescent fabric or like white lights at Christmas time. It was simply amazing. I wish the pictures did justice to what we saw. Everything you see is ice - not snow! :)
This is the lane to our mountain cabin. We have a man who keeps it cleared for us but even with that, at times it's hard for us to make the climb after fresh snow or when the road is muddy. We live in such a beautiful spot. From our hill we can see out over our little valley winter, summer, spring and fall and each season is wonderful.
In Vermont and New Hampshire there is a lot of ground water that flows through the granite walls along the road ways. In the summer the water isn't noticed because of the foliage and evaporation, but in the winter it forms "ice falls". They are a light blue in color and are simply beautiful. As spring comes these begin to melt and then finally fall off . Coming from Utah and Idaho we thought we knew what winter was and what it's effect on an area could be, but being here has given us a whole new perspective. Winters here are harsh, and they are long and cold. For the most part the only paved roads in this area are the main roads with everything else being dirt. People are snowed in so often that they learn to become very independant. Many of them in our area have no phones and or no TV/computer hook-ups due to the remoteness of their homes, not even cell phones. South Royalton area is miles from shopping so independence is vital to thier survival, and way of life. We visit and love so many wonderful people who are some of our Father in Heavens chosen children. These wonderful people have very few worldly pocessions, but they are so rich.
Pictures of the snow we received in the storms on 25th and 27th of February (additional 15" to what we had on the ground). The first 3 pictures are of the Joseph Smith Memorial grounds and the others are of the roads we drive daily to visit our ward members.
