Nemo, the Blizzard of 2013 brought us a little snow here in the hills of Southbury, CT. By the end of the storm, we ended up with nearly 2 feet of snow. Brody and Maya had a ball playing in the snow today, me I got to spend the day clearing the driveway, parts of the deck on the house as well as the roof of the motorhome.
![Brody says \"I know there\'s a bird in there!\"](http://www.ourrvjourney.com/appiesnet/wordpress/wp-content/gallery/brody-and-maya-blizzard-nemo/2013-02-09-11-46-29.jpg "Brody says \\"I know there\'s a bird in there!\\"")
![Brody says \"I know there\'s a bird in there!\"](http://www.ourrvjourney.com/appiesnet/wordpress/wp-content/gallery/brody-and-maya-blizzard-nemo/2013-02-09-11-46-38.jpg "Brody says \\"I know there\'s a bird in there!\\"")
There was way too much snow for hand clearing, and as our driveway is uphill and the snow was relatively heavy, it wasn’t a job for a snow plow either. Luckily we have a great neighbor – Ben Platt. He runs a 180 acre dairy farm and has lots of cool machinery – including an 8 foot snowthrower that attaches to one of his big tractors. This is the way to clear snow!
The top of the motorhome had more than a foot of snow on it, and I really wanted to get it cleared off before it started the melt/freeze/melt/freeze cycle. I started clearing off the roof of the motorhome with a roof rake, but with all the obstructions (vent pipes, a/c units, vents, etc) that was not an easy task so I climbed up on top – with a healthy dose of fear and respect for a slippery roof.
