Snowed in Day 1

Wow this was a storm! I got up around 8am or so and looked outside to about 3-4 FEET of snow and deeper in drift areas, which were a lot. I decided I really needed a camera, so I put on all my snow apparel and marched into town (I've taken a bunch of pictures and will post them here when I get the roll developed).

First I had to wade through the snow out of my house to the street. Of course the front door was snowed shut so I had to wade from the backdoor. I walked in the middle of the road to a 7-11 on Main and bought a disposable camera. Big farmer like dudes were there comparing who had the most snow on their unreasonably huge, jacked up trucks.

I walked back home, pulled out the snow shovel and started digging. I dug out a path from the back door to the road, from the front door to the road and as I was working on the front door path I noticed all my other neighbors had come out. Everyone was out shoveling themselves out as well. This is the first time I had seen all my neighbors out all out once. Several people who live up the block skied by as I was working.

I then helped out a neighbor and shoveled part of her sidewalk. She's an old woman and would probably break in half if she attempted anything more physical than walking.

I took a break after that, ate my pb&j, then went back to work, this time digging my car out. So now my work is complete. The car's free, the sidewalk is clear, and I can get around without wading through snow. And of course I've already eaten everything in my house so I was wondering what I was going to do for food. No one is open... except Dominos. They even delivered, so I'm perfectly satisfied... but dead tired.

Will be getting to bed early tonight.

SNOW TOTALS
updated 2:00 p.m. today.
BOULDER 32.0
DIA 19.0 (Official)
DENVER 24 .0
ESTES PARK 18.5
FAIRPLAY 3.0
FORT COLLINS 23.0
GOLD HILL 34.5
GOLDEN 34.5
GREELEY 20.7
HIGHLANDS RANCH 33.0
LAFAYETTE 23.5
LONGMONT 35.0
NEDERLAND 40.0
STEAMBOAT SKI 14
THORNTON 28.5