Here are the images of the driveway in Grand Forks, ND. I am trying to make enough room for 2 veichles.

The next image is me on the other side of the house IN a snow drift. I was trying to find the gas meter to clear out around it. I am standing upright and I have only the snow bib. I could not find my boots so I am wearing only slip on shoes and socks. Yes, they are full of snow!

Blizzzard "Alvin" 2009

Well, we finally got back to Grand Forks after a week long visit with family over the Christmas Holiday. We had to wait an extra day because of the HUGE winter storm. For the Red River Valley the blizzard was named "Alvin". It dumped over 2 feet of the snow!
So as we drove in to our neighborhood, there was little room between snow piles to drive down the road! We had a 5 foot snow drift along the driveway and someone was nice enough to have cleared the snow from the driveway. And that was no small feat even with a snow blower.
The blizzard has overwhelmed even the natives!

It’s going to take us three to four weeks to get it to where it looks like just a normal winter’s day. Grand Forks Streets Superintendent Mark Aubol, 27 December 2009

I am sure Zeke will have a blast in the morning. I will be spending several hours shoveling the rest of the driveway, mailboxes, sidewalks, and gas meter. Images are forthcoming.

Trip to Duluth, MN...The Quest for Mexican Food

Back in late October, we took the family to Duluth, MN while I attended a conference. Nice little conference and got to meet many of the GIS/RS and flood response people on the Minnesota side. Zeke and Buffie I thinked enjoyed getting out of Grand Forks and we all were really wanting some Mexican food! Got a few good images of the big ocean going ships coming into the harbor. The place has a lot of history, great geology, ok food, and cold wet weather.

Late update... by the way winter is here

Wow, the weather has changed. We have been running highs around zero for the past few weeks. Other good news, no realy it could be colder, is that snow fall is less than last year. We had record snowfall in 2008 over 30 inches. So far we have had only about 4-6 inches.

Zeke and I have brought in the train model table. Buffie wanted the garage for the car so we cleaned things up. We made good progress on the models and here are a few images.

Here are a few images showing the detail of the rock cliff face and the bridge Zeke and I built. The rock coloring was difficult at first but a few messups make a more realistic final product.