Kate’s Quests

Shara decided to come to my house yesterday and we were going to go hike in the woods and snow. Well, she calls just outside of the neighborhood and tells me that her car is stuck. She’s going to try to turn around and go home because the roads were really bad and getting worse. So, about ten minutes later she calls back and tells me that a couple of people helped her push her car and she’s still on her way. Since she was closer to my house than hers, she figured she ought to keep coming. And she made it to my hill. Her tires weren’t going to get her up this sucker. As you can see, this is the hill.

So, I had been walking downhill to meet her and try to push the car, as it had gotten stuck again. And although we did move it forward a little, there was just no way. So, we circled around town to try the other (and more traveled hill).

We made it all the way up the hill (it’s very long and curvy) and got almost to the top and the wheels started spinning again. I got out and started to push and a woman who lived on the corner came out to help us. After some pushing, I switched with Shara and drove it. Two more women came out of their homes to help us and we got it up the hill and we parked and left it. It wasn’t going to make it all the way to my house and we were close enough. Later we baked some cookies and took them to women who’d helped us. After we got the car parked we did a little exploring around the neighborhood.

We found lots of people outside and shoveling the streets. There aren’t any plows so I guess you have to work with what you’ve got. People were even outside using dustpans to shovel the snow. I’ve seen a light dusting, but never this much snow here. It feels like home! Except with less salt.