Winter is such a fickle thing here in Maryland. When November rolls around we are always left wondering what the next few months hold in store for us. Last year we lucked out with very little snow and I don't recall Garrett having a single snow day. This year has been a whole other story and it's only the beginning of February! We were hit with about 5 inches of snow on Monday followed up my a pretty significant ice storm late Tuesday night which has left us without power since early Wednesday morning.
Our property is lined with 50ft white pine's and we always lose a ton of branches in storms. While Mike was clearing the driveway for me to get into work he realized one of the massive trees had uprooted and fallen into our street. Thankfully it fell away from the house and not onto it but it is still quite a headache to deal with. The county came out within a few hours and cleared the part of the tree that was in the road. Unfortunately the rest of the tree will need to be dealt with. Mike's not convinced his chainsaw can handle the massive trunk and the plus side of having a tree removal company deal with it would be a head start on mulch for the spring. We're hoping for a reasonable estimate which will make the decision a little easier.
We have been camping out in the living room the last few nights and trying to make the best of our situations. We are optimistic that we will have power restored when we all get home from work and school. Otherwise we may be packing it up and heading to the in-laws for the weekend because camping in the living room with 4 dogs is only fun for a few nights.
We've had crazy snow too, but thankfully no power outage. Hope you're staying warm!
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