mickey916
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Background: DH and I retired four years ago and live in Massachusetts. Since our retirement we have become Annual Passholders and have visited Orlando several times in the spring and the fall. Last winter DH expressed a desire to skip some of the winter by heading to Florida for a shorter trip in February. However, he was a little concerned about not being home to clear snow which would make it obvious that we were away and make it hard to get back in our driveway upon our return. We figured our odds were pretty good if we just booked a 2.5 week trip.
So, we planned our trip for 2/18-3/8. We were very pleased to look ahead at the forecast to see no accumulating snow predicted for at least the first 10 days of our trip. Unfortunately as we arrived in Florida on Friday 2/20, there started to be predictions of snow. By Saturday the news was predicting a substantial blizzard! So much for no snow. Fortunately our adult sons were nice enough to move back to our place on Sunday so that they could be there to clear the blizzard once it hit on Monday. Also fortunate, they were both able to work from our home on Monday and Tuesday, as we thankfully never lost power.
Our yard ended up with 36 inches of fresh snow and there was already at least 12-14 inches on the ground from previous storms. To give you a full appreciation of the impact, here is a photo of our house after our sons cleared a path in the driveway.
We are so grateful to our sons but it was very nerve wracking to be so far away while the blizzard hit. Since they had everything under control at home, we put our concerns aside and enjoyed our days in the much better Florida weather! Please join me as I detail our latest adventure.
So, we planned our trip for 2/18-3/8. We were very pleased to look ahead at the forecast to see no accumulating snow predicted for at least the first 10 days of our trip. Unfortunately as we arrived in Florida on Friday 2/20, there started to be predictions of snow. By Saturday the news was predicting a substantial blizzard! So much for no snow. Fortunately our adult sons were nice enough to move back to our place on Sunday so that they could be there to clear the blizzard once it hit on Monday. Also fortunate, they were both able to work from our home on Monday and Tuesday, as we thankfully never lost power.
Our yard ended up with 36 inches of fresh snow and there was already at least 12-14 inches on the ground from previous storms. To give you a full appreciation of the impact, here is a photo of our house after our sons cleared a path in the driveway.
We are so grateful to our sons but it was very nerve wracking to be so far away while the blizzard hit. Since they had everything under control at home, we put our concerns aside and enjoyed our days in the much better Florida weather! Please join me as I detail our latest adventure.
