Crazy Winter Weather!

Scraping snow off walks,cleaning off piles of snow from our house-long deck has been our routine now since the snow began falling early November. One of the problems we have up here is snow accumulation on the roof. Our roof is very steep with several slopes, but it still managed to have at least 2 feet of snow clinging to it. Gaylord area has had 99.4 inches of snow so far this year, twice as much as last years 49 inches at this time. The snow that mounded on our garage roof really bothered me this morning and after yesterday search in vain for a snow rake to pull it down I came up with a brilliant idea! I scrounged around in the garage and found one of our long kayak paddles. Standing below the overhang I jabbed at the snow....too bad I don't have a picture of what happened. First of all let me tell you, it worked! Forget the $34 dollar roof rake! Kayak paddles rule. I wasn't quite ready for the huge blob of snow that quickly fell and covered me from head to toe! Did that cause me to run for cover? No Way! I just learned to jab from the side and move! Rain then began to fall and our temps soared to 50 degrees F! Donn and I both donned our coats and cleared the deck of 2 feet of snow! We are both exhausted but feel a real sense of accomplishment! More snow is predicted starting tomorrow, but we are glad for this day of cleaning stuff off before beginning again! Have a wonderful evening!