Happy New Year!

     So Happy New Year, ya hear! To be honest I'm not a big fan of this holiday. After Thanksgiving, Christmas and my birthday I'm kind of in a holidaze and don't even stay up for the event. To me it just means putting up a new calander and trying to sleep through all the noise in the neighborhood, gunshots, fireworks, barking dogs and drunk tourists shouting in the street. The town is packed with people and we've got lots of snow and for the time being clear skies.

     This last storm was pretty good but it was also very wet. Started out as rain then turned to snow then got real cold. The electrical, phone and cable lines are all coated with a thick covering of heavy frozen snow . Some are so low to the street you can touch them just walking by.. The power has been on and off the last couple of days. Because it hasn't warmed up the trees are also heavy with snow. A girl Christy works with had part of a tree break off from the weight and crash through her roof, no one was injured but her house is a major mess, a lot of damage. Across the street I've noticed a tree starting to lean over towards their garage and it's a big tree.With a saturated soil these pine trees actually come down pretty easy, either with the force of the wind or just an old crack in the trunk or the weight of the snow.

       Well I'm headed outside to watch some tourists that are snommobiling in the street . They made a ramp out of one of the berms in front of there house and are flying through the air . Always a good show! Take care , Bob of the boat......talk to you next year