Hear you Tuna!   Even in East Hanover, NJ we are doing our best impersonation of Almar NY!     Think I am the only house on my street with a roof rake.    Gonna be a few Ice dams on my street.

jack, your right. in these conditions you exert a lot of energy and frustration.. I will be going light as possible..if the trip wasn't already planned I would be staying here clearing snow and roofs off so either way it's going to be work..
My mom said something about another possible storm.. If we get more snow then I'm ready to take a break.. Bad news now is it looks the Hudson will not see another early striper run..

Only about an inch fell during he day.  Got home with enough light to shovel off the back roof so I am GOOD.   I don't even walk that far and I did not go last weekend because of the heavy drag.   Will have to see what Sunday brings.....

Rock me mama like a wagon wheel!

Kinda wish I was there instead of here. Seen Jim with project percolator and of course with the band in their later years many times at the old crier and joyous lake.
I just can't seem to get into this yeee hawww stuff here tonight. ..well it's a valentine for the wife so I grin a bear it.. Is it over yet ?? Heck hootie ain't even taken the stage yet... Ugh..
Have fun tomorrow and let me know about the venue, a little further out for me then the old place but I might do the jorma show , schedule pending..

Talk is 4-5 days of mid 30s low 40s with a couple bouts of significant rain starting Tues.
While that sounds good to me people near creeks and rivers might not enjoy it as much.
 

Well, decided to go out and do a good bank pushing and clean up on the driveway just in case a late winter bomber hits us before the season is over. All of this chatter throughout the tristate and surrounding areas about the snow inspired me to take a walk out back. I live in a wind tunnel between two gradual slopes in which we can get a foot and a half of snow to have more than half of it blow away in an instant. For the past month its really been building up despite the ferocious wind. Well, once I got back beyond the field towards some brush, I ended up sinking to my waist. There is some serious snow out there. I have quite a few spring pits that made me decide not to go any further as they usually don't freeze and the possibility of sinking up to my neck didn't seem like fun.lol

I may get a chance to play around a little this weekend. I'm gonna possibly take a ride up to the heart of the tug region to take a peak. I imagine there's possibility of some areas holding near ten foot since my wind blown water logged region is holding anywhere from 2-4 foot.

Currently 25 and snowing... despite the sub freezing temp and the cloud cover... icicles are dripping...the thaw is here... it may be time to try and have a little fun ;)

Clint I imagine sub freezing temps overnight should be in your favor... hopefully jack will take it semi easy on the rug cutting for your sake :)

Here its the opposite.
Every day they have bumped it up a degree or so and now add the possible 2 rain events.
Thurs they say low temp of mid 30s.
Unless it cinches back up next Mon when they say it drops again the people in the flood plain of my little piece of heaven might just need the basement pumps.
One good ice dam at the wrong place could make life interesting.
 
Then again as iced up as it is maybe 4 days of above freezing days with rain  may not even get me back to fishing conditions.

Jack I'm 100% with you , I HATE snow..
While up here In Laker land we only have about 9" snow on the lakes it was a tough drag even with snowshoes on. Everything is up hill both ways here and the word heart attack comes to mind. Gotta get one of those snowmobile thingies again..
I was so beat that we decided to bag the fishing and sleep in today.. I will give it hell again tomorrow ..

The weather was beautiful yesterday with no wind and mild temps. Today it's 10 degs and very windy.. I heard we got another 4-6" snow down home yesterday.
I see there is a warm up coming with possible rain later this week. Not what I want because I will have to shovel off a 38x 60 foot roof , I'm afraid it won't be able to handle the weight, it's pretty flat.
Ah well spring is coming and so it will bring mud season, yuck !! Sure gonna miss the ice and you'll all probably get sick of hearing me talk about the 2014-15 season all summer long..

F WINTER!!!!!
Well on top of my snowblower's trans blowing my friend with the plow just told me a bolt broke and he can't find a replacement,so now I'm going to be shoveling the 200' long hill on my drive so I can get out of here.There's only 3 inches on it but there is black ice under it so this will be fun!

Looks like Tuesday through Saturday are forecasted above freezing but it seems like the warmth isn't as warm as they first called for... high thirties instead of high forties... chance for a bit of snow on Tuesday... Thursday is the big iffy one... it all depends on when the change over from rain to ice occurs... in reality though I think it will take more than what they're calling for to break the dam gates...

Got out on the river for an hour yesterday. Wanted to get out earlier. My spots of choice had been beaten before I came. Seemed to have been some action from the folks I spoke with. Zilch for me but the scenery and exercise was quite alright. There are still ice banks carved out down low from Januarys high water event... can only imagine what it wouldve looked like if we had a low flow winter earlier on

And yes it is snowing right now looking out the window

troutbum21
Jack- Call around, friends, family, etc.  I'm sure they can recommend someone with a plow to help you out. 
Hate to pile on but I'm hearing another quick hitting storm is on its way.  Worth repeating, HURRY SPRING!  

I decided to just shovel two paths as wide as the wheel spread and was about 3/4 done with that when my plow friend showed up.So he plowed it but the plow was n't scrapping it clean and when he was done I still had to shovel the paths......AGAIN!
So tonight it's going down to 9 and everything will be frozen,hope there is some sun in the morning so I can get out and shop for some neccesities and then it can do whatever it wants on Monday night as I won't go out for awhile.

while I might be dog tired , I will rest a little easier after shoveling the 38'X60' 1/2 of the roof today.. The other 1/2 is 24'X60' but much more pitch..
GUYS I"M WITH YA, I LOVE winter but HATE Snow !!
Take it easy and be Safe out there..