Let It Snow

Last night we had the heaviest snowfall we've had at Fernley since we moved here in August 2011. The snow began falling fairly steadily last night and I was kept busy sweeping the walk. The fall was fast enough that by the time I reached the trailer, it was time to turn around and work my way back to the house. I made several laps, changing to the heavier-duty push broom, before calling it a night.

Lisa has been keeping odd hours, turning in early and waking up in the middle of the night, but that worked out for the best, because she did more sweeping and shoveling overnight (we don't have a snow shovel, but a flat-blade shovel suffices) and kept the fire going in the house so when I got to work at 7 AM, the walk was clear and the house was warm.

( Here's What It Looks Like Today in Fernley )

I set out attempting to reproduce this photo that Lisa took over a year ago and that I'm using as the icon here. It took me several attempts hiking back and forth around the property to get the angle as close as I could, but I manged it eventually.

( Quite a bit more snow today )

Shortly after I took these photos, the next band of weather moved in and it started snowing again. We're sure glad we have lots of supplies laid in, because chains are required in all directions outside of Fernley itself. We don't really want to go anywhere other than possibly to roll down to Hanneman's Service and refill the propane bottle we swapped out last night.

Fast Trains and Slow, in the Snow

While I was out shooting the other photos this morning, the westbound California Zephyr came scooting through on time at speed. I had the camera set to burst mode and got the series of photos starting here.

Later that morning, Union Pacific's "Fernley Flyer" (a name obviously meant ironically) rolled into town to switch the local sidings. A took a picture from the front porch, the view unimpeded by the completely demolished lumber yard.