My sister in Menomonie got 11", my sister in Danbury got 3". Go figure. We got 5", which isn't a whole heckuva lot, but for the first time out, drivers were nutso. Plus we had 40 mph winds and believe it or not, my friend and I were out on I94 going to a Christmas show in Minneapolis. We had all of I94 to ourselves from St. Paul to Minneapolis. Got a parking spot right away (2 blocks away) and the jazz club was absolutely packed to Standing Room Only. We got out of there and the wind was so that it caked on my glasses and I couldn't see anything. We got back onto I-94 and no one was on the freeway. Made it from downtown Minneapolis to our home in 15 minutes. I was so glad to get home.
But here in the Upper Midwest drivers are for the birds. They have to either kill themselves or be in a horrendous wreck before they realize they are not driving in the summer anymore. It is bizarre how they drive. We must have had hundreds of accidents. My husband and I had to go out on 35 yesterday and we saw six car accidents in about a 10 mile stretch. Stupid idiots. Me? I stick to the side roads. All winter long, I stick to the side roads, and all summer long I stick to the side roads. I feel a lot safer that way! Heck I can only go 30 mph. My husband and I were sent to the hospital last summer on Hwy 61 when an 18 wheeler semi didn't see us, drove into the lane we were in and hooked us onto his front wheel well and dragged us for about 1/2 block. "I didn't see them." Totaled out our 1992 Honda Accord LX two-door which is a collector car. It had 198,682 miles on it and we were looking forward to it turning 200,000 miles. So, I just stay on the side roads. Where am I going anyhow? Grocery store, library, JoAnn Fab or Hancock Fab and probably the drugstore. I can get in the car, close my eyes and the car knows exactly where to go. Is your car like that? I make the circle. Start out at Point A and hit each place in the order of the circle and go home.
I am rambling. Have a nice day. Get out there and shovel. We had a snow angel last night. She (a doctor neighbor/friend next door) shoveled our sidewalk and carriage walk and I told her I would get the windrow when the snow plow comes by. Edie