Monkeys & Angels: Eric's Adventures

Adventures in the snow will continue for many posts. Eric's adventures started when he wanted to go to the Seahawks game last Sunday. It started with him trying to get his car out. He backup.. oh about 3 feet, started to turn the car and it got stuck. For about 30 minutes, he tried everything to get it unstuck; plywood pieces, shovel, turning the tires... No luck.Side note: Eric had built a larger shelter for our goats over the summer, and the night before the storm, Eric closed the one wall in so not as much wind could get in. Unfortunately, three of the goats did not let in the forth goat, and he was mostly frozen. :( So for about an hour, he and I got all the goats into the garage, one at a time. It took that long, since we had to leash each one up separately and take through many feet of snow to the back door of the garage. You can see what the back door looks like in the previous post with the tree in the truck.

Currently, they are thawed out and in a make shift pen in the garage. Though still cold in there, it is protected from snow and wind.

Back to Eric's adventures... he still wanted to go to the game... so after 'playing' with his car and after saving our goats, he decided to warm up a bit and then head up to the top of our road where my car was parked. Trekking through FEET of snow (pre-plowed road) he finally made it to the top and proceeding to dig out my car from where it was parked. Once done, he made it out to the main road and out to the city, where there was pavement for roads instead of packed snow and ice.

When he came home, Eric was unable to get the car to its previous parking spot, so he parked it on the main road and got it stuck. The next day, after delivering Christmas cards to all our neighbors and sharing snow stories, I dug out my car from the snow on the main road (the snow plow - yeah that it came through - had buried my car) and then went to start it to move it back to its spot at the top. Unfortunately, it wouldn't start. It tried and tried, but there was no go. I knew it wasn't the battery, but couldn't figure out why, and neither could neighbors that tried helping me. It got dark, so I walked home by the moon light.

Ever noticed how beautiful it is to walk in the snow by the moon's light? If only there was a way to capture it and share with you.

Earlier, this same day, about 9 am (if you know Eric, he is not a morning person) we got a call for help. A neighbor's septic was backing up and needed the help of Eric and others to dig down to find the caps to do whatever it is to septic tanks to fix them. Eric brought his shovel and went to dig. A bit over 5 hours later, in he walks... with a story. They dug through 7 feet of snow to reach the cap. It was the wrong one. They dug again, in a different spot where the other cap was. Finally after another 8 feet of snow, they reached the correct cap. Eric climb his way home over drifts of snow and had a nap with Isabelle on the couch.

The next day, day two of the plowing our private road, I went up to check on my car and as I walked up to it, saw the problem from the day before... the exhaust pipe was full of snow and ice! With a BIG stick, and about 15 minutes of chipping away, I cleaned out the pipe, undug my car again (snowplow) and started the car without a problem. I went to the store (since a new storm was coming in that night) to stock up again. I came back, parked in my spot at the top of the road, and two sled trips later, I was home with all the groceries.

Eric's adventures continue with chopping wood in the terrible wind and blowing snow. As long as we stay warm with our new stove, we are good to go!!!

Photos of Eric.