path to the snowmobile trail

[asakiyume]

The snow's between two and three feet high on the ground, which means it's not easy to walk through without snow pants, which means you're confined to roads. I like walking on the snowmobile trails, but it's a matter of getting there ...

So I shoveled a path--the path I'd normally take--from my neighborhood road to the snowmobile trail.

It is a thing of beauty! Behold, its entrance:



Unfortunately, the snow plow, in widening the road, knocked snow into it...



But I brought my shovel as well as my camera. There. That's better!





Through the woods...



heading toward the retention pond...





At last, it meets the snowmobile trail, which looks like a regular highway by comparison:



And now I can walk in the woods without snow pants, AND I can walk into town along the snowmobile path.

Comments

[shewhomust.livejournal.com]

That is some heroic shovelling!

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

It's like swimming--it takes a long longer to go any distance than you think it will :-P

[greylistening.livejournal.com]

Lookit that!

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

:D I am mightily pleased--so pleased, I had to show it off.

[queenoftheskies.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's a LOT of snow!

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

And it can't hold a candle to what they have in Boston!

[cucumberseed.livejournal.com]

A mighty and worthwhile effort.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

LOOK UPON MY GREAT WORKS, WORLD! I AM OZYMANDIAS!

[khiemtran.livejournal.com]

Freedom at last!

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

I shall *skip* along it to the snowmobile trail.

[lizziebelle.livejournal.com]

How ambitious of you!

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

YES. ALL THE AMBITION!

[cmcmck.livejournal.com]

Well, that'll certainly keep you fit! :o)

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

I'm hoping. That, or I'll have a heart attack.

[pameladean]

Wow! How far is it, do you know? That is really impressive even if it were just the length of a driveway, but it looks considerably longer than that. Well, than an urban driveway, as a rule. I've seen pretty long driveways, usually very steep and winding ones. Anyway.

P.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

To my great disappointment, it's only about a tenth of a mile. It felt like half a mile!

[egg-shell.livejournal.com]

Yay for the snowmobiles! And yay for you to connect to them. That is a lot of shoveling.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Definitely yay for the snowmobiles! They make those woodland trails walkable!

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

Now THAT is a workout...that leads to another workout. :P

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Believe me, I need the exercise!

[ericmarin.livejournal.com]

Well shoveled!

Walking the snow road
beneath the winter sun--
quiet steps, calm smile.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

thank you for this haiku!

[ericmarin.livejournal.com]

My pleasure! :-)

[cafenowhere.livejournal.com]

Good lord, lady. You must have biceps of wonder and DOOM, not to mention powerful abs. Very impressive.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Don't I wish! But maybe if I keep it up, one day I will.

[oiktirmos.livejournal.com]

John Henry vs. Steam Hammer.

Asakiyume vs. MassDOT snowplow.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

YES. Now let me just NOT have a heart attack :-P

[stormdog.livejournal.com]

Even though it feels kind of magical, to carve out a little trail through that sea of soft white after a snowfall, I have to admit that this is the kind of thing that makes me not want to be a home-owner.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

I've always liked shoveling! I'm sure I'd feel differently if I was a ditch digger or something, but even when we lived in apartments, my husband and I enjoyed shoveling out not only our car, but other cars, all neat and tidy.

[heliopausa.livejournal.com]

That is VERY impressive! Both in terms of the snow that is there, and the snow that isn't where it was! :)

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Thank you my dear ^_^

I'm fluffed up with satisfaction.

[amaebi.livejournal.com]

That is some impressive path! How are your back, thighs, and hands?

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

I took some ibuprofen afterward--feeling no pain! (Or, no pain other than the aches and pains I usually feel :-P)

[amaebi.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad you took your time and your Ibuprophen.

[bondo-ba.livejournal.com]

Your pics make me actually miss large piles of snow. I assume this would last for all of a week if I had to deal with said piles, but still...

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

It's not so bad, but yeah, maybe a bit wearing!

[genarti]

Excellently valiant trailblazing!

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

:D

I am bursting with pride!

[c-maxx.livejournal.com]

You didn't shovel ALL the way to the sb trail did you??

Mega-trailblazing!

We're all hanging in, but have all had a bug, for two weeks we did nothing but sleep and, barely, school homework.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

I did! When I plotted it on Google Maps, it came out to just short of a tenth of a mile, though, so it wasn't quite the epic feat I thought it was.

I'm sorry to hear about the bug! When kids are young it's one thing and the next--hope everyone picks up soon.