Andy took more pictures today. This first one shows how high the snow is along the sides of the Dome Road.
The next four show some of the live trees that had been toppled by the wind.
The following picture shows the road just before Andy reached the house. Notice the tracks — they were made by Wes with his tractor as he cleared a path on Andy’s way up. He pushed the trees we saw yesterday to the side of the road so that Andy can drive up when the road dries out some. He also removed a lot of the snow from the drift near the top. Andy thanked him for that, and Wes said he hated the fact that Andy had to walk around/over all those trees, so he wanted to help. What a thoughtful neighbor!
Here’s another view of the drift, taken from the house side:
A lot of our dead trees were blown over too:
The top of the ladder was still firmly attached to the roof.
But the bottom part had been pulled off and thrown by the wind.
A lot of the snow is melting in places.
But as you can see from the redwood tree, it’s still deep in other places.
Andy says spring may yet come!
March 16, 2019
this must seem like the winter that will never end for you!
but I’m glad you had no structural damage to the cabin.
the ladder photo is amazing!
and Wes is a wonderful neighbor! you have a lot of them. bless them!
It has been a wild late winter! We agree about our neighbors.
I agree!
This winter just doesn’t want to leave.
All the snow finally melted here but tonight it’s lightly snowing again!
Ugh!
And yes, thank god for your neighbors!
xo
Fingers crossed it melts soon!
More wow, but with so many trees down, a whole lot less to fall later…how will Andy retrieve his ladder…. maybe Wes will assist, fabulous neighbor
We have family coming in early April, so maybe they can help if we can get up there then. It will be interesting to see. 😀
Andy did it all by himself today. All he had to do was untwist the top ladder and slip the bottom half into the rails. He clearly knew what he was doing, even though I didn’t. 😀
What fabulous views you must have up there were your cabin is located. I take it you don’t live there year-around…or do you plan to in the future?
No, we don’t plan to live there, but Andy goes up every day and I go up for picnics and when Kaitlin, Torben and the pups come.
We had a lot of evergreens around our first partially-finished house, but the fire in 2011 burned them all down and opened up the views.
Amazing photos, Jean! You’re giving us a clear picture of how things are for Andy (and you) on the land. It seems to me that his work will never be done! But I suspect that’s not what he is gunning for!
It’s the process that counts, but he does have hope for his trees, and he loves the warmth from his solar heating system.
That sure is a lot of snow.I can’t imagine trying to get through all that. That must have been some wind to take out all those trees.
Yes, those live trees had been there for years and years. It’s sad.