[BIG] Unpacking!

I've said it before and I'll probably continue saying it until I actually start doing it:

I need to follow weather forecasts.
Today we woke up to nearly 6", if not more, of snow covering everything around our house. Neither Rob nor I had anticipated such heavy snowfall overnight. We emerged from the house to find his poor Harley, still strapped up in the back of his truck, covered top to bottom in a blanket of fluffy snow. Poor Harley. :(

hello, powder!

It's days like this that I sometimes wonder why I don't live on the top of a mountain with my snowboard and personal ski-lift. Oh, wait, that's right, I'm not a bajillionaire. Well, maybe one day. (:

Our mission - well, Rob's mission rather - was to find a viable spot to park and unload the Harley. The parameters consisted of a bank or wall about level with the truck, not sloping too far uphill [or downhill] and no drop off on the other side.

Easy enough, right?

Well..... by the sheer grace of God, we eventually drove around in enough circles to earn the pot-o'-gold, aka a bank between parking lots of a nearby church and apartment complex. It looked to be the perfect launch spot for the bike.

I ... wish I could've taken pictures of us shoving his 800+ lb bike from the bed of his truck, across loading tracks and onto a snow-covered landing. Had I tried, though, I'm sure one of us would be in a cast of some sort. That was no easy feat.

Fast forward to Rob not dropping the bike on the mile-or-so ride back to the house, and we're all home, safe, with Harley cozied up in the garage next to the 4-wheeler.

All in a day's work, that's for sure. Now, we relax. This weather is junk for driving, so it looks like we're staying in tonight. I am.. just fine with that. (:

xo | cmd