@ Home on New Year's Eve

Here are a couple more photos.  They are pretty obvious.  In the top one we are etching out a parking area for the big green truck.  We've learned that if we drive over the snow even once, it is compacted for the remainder of the winter.  Your best bet is to take the snow right down to the grass level and then continue to keep after it all winter long.  Otherwise, a sheet of ice will soon appear in the parking spot and you will be slip-sliding for months.  The bottom picture is our little bungalow, all tucked into its winter coat.  We are so happy the place survive our absence in such great shape and style. The next big trick will be to see if we can bring the parked Suzuki Sidekick back to life.  We're not sure its antifreeze was rated good enough to have survived that sub-zero cold snap that took place while we were gone.