President's Day Snow Storm

Having returned home early from our vacation, sleeping in this morning was on my agenda but surprisingly not Sandy’s. She wanted her babies back home safe and sound before the snow got too deep. Outside, about three of the expected twelve inch accumulation had already fallen and the power was coming down fast. On days like this I miss my old 4-wheel drive Jeep Cherokee. Bundled up, we proceeded outdoors to clean the driveway and warm up the car.  Once our path was clear, we set out in our minivan quest. The streets were unplowed but passable. The biggest challenge were the slopes and turns in my parents’ Forest Hills subdivision. They had the boys all ready and after a brief visit, we started back, but couldn’t climb the hill from their driveway. We drove to the bottom of the hill and began again with a running start, which worked wonderfully. Once on the highway the visibility was much worse as we were driving into the falling snow, but fortunately not many others had ventured out yet that morning. We were home sipping hot chocolate by 9 am.