Ok! Now we've had a couple of comparatively minor storms to kick off winter. Yup, that first one was heavy and wet and the snow blower just sort of pushed the stuff around but it wasn't really all that deep.
Yesterday we got a mix of snow and then sleet and then pouring rain and then the temperature has dropped like the proverbial rock. Whatever we didn't get off the driveway or porch is now as hard as that same proverbial rock!
So my question is this:
Now that the last few days are over, what did you discover that wish you had or wish you had done before these two storms?
Myself I discovered that I only "thought" I had doggy safe salt for the porch and/or the "other" salt to finish off the driveway.
Salt can really do damage to a dog's feet - so we were reduced to slogging through the trails I'd made in the back yard to keep his feet safe from the road salt - and we tiptoed across the frozen porch cause, well, it was frozen!
I don't recommend any particular brand of "paw safe" salt but do lay some in if you have a pet who needs to go outside!
I had gas for the snow blower, I had food and I found both of my snow shovels. So other than the salt issue we were in decent shape.
One thing I did notice once I ventured out on the roads: people do not seem to realize that "clean your car off when it snows" doesn't just mean a peep hole on the windshield!
I suspect these might be the same folks who find the whole concept of using directionals a mystery but that's a discussion for another day.
So check what you wish you had laid in before the storms, clean all the snow off your car before you venture forth and then relax,
You got this!
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