Today's Reflection ♥ February 02, 2014

That crazy groundhog must have been so frightened of his shadow, he shook dandruff for hundreds of miles.

I do believe this storm caught a lot of people by surprise. It wasn't supposed to show up until around three this afternoon. This, many went about their Sunday morning routine, i.e., going to church, first of the month grocery shopping and the added traffic of super bowl preparation and/or super bowl gatherings. On their way back home however, I'm sure many wished they'd stayed home.

Within about 20 minutes of my wife leaving the house, it hit and it hit hard. Today's Reflection shows how much it snowed, in about two hours time. There wasn't any snow out there this morning.

It was a mess on the highways. My wife got stuck in traffic between the two hills, for about an hour and a half. A dead zone when it comes to cell service, yet she managed to call me, twice. The second time was a call for assistance.

Three inches of snow in just under two hours.

"Can you get your gear on and walk down here to help me get up the hill?", she asked. "The traffic began to move and I started up, but almost slid off the other side."

I got my insulated coveralls and boots on, then proceeded down the hill. After a five mile hike, in near blizzard like conditions .... It took me about 10, maybe 15 minutes to get down there and yes, she was close to the edge. As I got in the car and prepared for the drive up the hill, two smaller state Highway trucks loaded down with sand, were headed up. I pulled in behind them and followed them up. Home again, safe and sound.

I wish I would have got a picture of the scene. From what my wife says, there was much more traffic earlier. As I was stepping out onto the highway on my way down, a tow truck had just pulled a pickup truck up the hill. I'd like to think they were just out to help their fellow mankind, but somehow I get the feeling they were charging for that assistance up the hill.