A preview of things to come????

"by moving to Waterton you hereby relinquish all rights to snow-related complaints including, but not limited to - i hate the winter, i hate the snow, why can't i get out of my driveway, i'm going to bust a cap in mother nature's face, yo. you also accept the fact that you will without a doubt be snowed in by mid-november"

i guess i didn't read the fine print when signing the "lease" to Waterton Springs Campground... BUT I DON'T CARE BECAUSE I LOVE IT!!!

sure, all this snow does come with a fair amount of stress... will robbie make it out of the driveway in the morning? will my power stay on? do i have enough food to last a few days if we can't get out? what happens if robbie misses too much school? are the roads safe to drive on?

the snow drives me crazy in so many ways, but in general i would take a snow day over a heat wave any day. it is the ultimate cozy feeling.

we have AT LEAST 18" right now... and its due to keep snowing till sunday and it's only thursday. so to be honest i am a little worried about being snowed in, but i DID get to the grocery store yesterday in anticipation of some heavy snow this weekend. so there are no worries there. the main worry is that this is NOVEMBER! not even the scary winter months... heaven help us in mid-February...

right now we are at the mercy of mother nature and all this snow, but luckily we will soon have a little skid-steer (bobcat) that will be our primary go-to tool for digging us out on those nasty snow days. i went out this morning with Xander (head to toe in winter gear) to go try and drive the truck up to the road to survey conditions... well i got the truck stuck... who just buys a truck without 4x4?!? totally lame... so i tried to get Xander to walk with me back to the house, but he has a "thing" about walking in snow that is up to his chest. i wanted to get a picture of him but he was crying and boogering all over the place that i just scooped him up and ran back to the house. next time i promise pictures... or video! oh, how i love to terrorize my children.

so this afternoon after Jude went down for her nap i still wanted to get up to the road and see the conditions. so i trekked all the way up to have a look. i snapped some pictures on my phone as i went on my journey. it took me 10 minutes to get to the road... walking in knee deep pow is hard work!

Site #40... this is where i measured... 18"

apparently there is a driveway somewhere under there

yep, definitely closed for the season

more "driveway"

the pond sites... can we say hockey party???

yep, up to the knees alright

the inside of my glove... well i had to keep the camera somewhere didn't i??

i'd like to see you try and eat off that picnic table

i love it!

useless non-4x4 truck

nice and cozy inside

i'm pretty sure that the weather we've had this last few days is actually fairly A-typical for this time of year. i've been talking to a few other people who live out here and they've all been surprised at the amount of snow... we're all just praying it doesn't star blowing and drifting everything. because then we're all royally screwed.