Hill Report
Jan. 21st, 2022 03:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
unicorndukeI had a somewhat success trying the hill at the new place
despite the road being plowed, some snow had blown back across and gone through the freeze thaw freeze and solidified. I made it almost to the crest of the hill before the drift got too bad and I had to stop. But! since the barn is a bank barn, I was able to (mostly) back into the road area for the lowest level of the barn and cut the walking in half. My truck didn't like the sharp turn + snow + 4wd but it did it and driving out went just fine.
Took 6 loads of stuff, ~1/4 of my stuff up the hill, taking breaks between every three because it's a hell of a climb and the apartment is on the third floor. So basically, I parked on the first floor level, walked in the snow up to the second, and up the stairs to the third. Only took me a half hour or so.
I'm concerned about the weather though. There's no snow on the radar at all for the current forecast and that's ominous. I'm really concerned that it's going to blizzard just beyond the current forecast, which would be moving weekend. But I need to keep telling myself I have a whole week to move and there's no rush. I have flexibility!
soon to be home sweet home, picture taken from the place I was afraid I was going to need to carry everything from. You can see where my truck is on the lowest level of the barn and much closer.
despite the road being plowed, some snow had blown back across and gone through the freeze thaw freeze and solidified. I made it almost to the crest of the hill before the drift got too bad and I had to stop. But! since the barn is a bank barn, I was able to (mostly) back into the road area for the lowest level of the barn and cut the walking in half. My truck didn't like the sharp turn + snow + 4wd but it did it and driving out went just fine.
Took 6 loads of stuff, ~1/4 of my stuff up the hill, taking breaks between every three because it's a hell of a climb and the apartment is on the third floor. So basically, I parked on the first floor level, walked in the snow up to the second, and up the stairs to the third. Only took me a half hour or so.
I'm concerned about the weather though. There's no snow on the radar at all for the current forecast and that's ominous. I'm really concerned that it's going to blizzard just beyond the current forecast, which would be moving weekend. But I need to keep telling myself I have a whole week to move and there's no rush. I have flexibility!
soon to be home sweet home, picture taken from the place I was afraid I was going to need to carry everything from. You can see where my truck is on the lowest level of the barn and much closer.
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Date: 2022-01-22 12:51 am (UTC)But that slope looks GREAT for sledding down! (Says someone who's never lived in snow and has only the vaguest memory of sledding.)
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Date: 2022-01-22 12:05 pm (UTC)Another friend did suggest using a sled to haul things up the hill, which I'm definitely considering at this point.