OCT 31, 24 ( 3 / 3 ).. WINTER 2024-25.. OUR FIRST SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL..

Last Monday, we began with one Post showing our first significant snowfall of our Winter 2024-25.

https://bobbacaps.blogspot.com/2024/10/oct-28-24-winter-2024-25-our-first.html

That was that!

Then it kept snowing so on Tuesday we added a Part 2 to Monday's Post.

https://bobbacaps.blogspot.com/2024/10/oct-29-24-winter-2024-25-our-first.html

And now, here we are with a very short Part 3, because it has continued to snow.

Today's very short Post is to show our Chevrolet Suburban in our carport.

Tuesday there was little snow in the carport.

Today, Thursday, our truck is 90% "out of the snow".

The important issue is that his roof is clear. Clearing the roof is a major undertaking.

Why bother with another Post Captain?

First, I went out to check on our Suburban to be sure everything was OK. Then I snapped the above photos and decided to post them.

Second, to wish you all a Happy Halloween Day 2024.

Cap and Patti

OCT 29, 24 ( 2 / 3 ).. WINTER 2024-25.. OUR FIRST SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL..

Do I? 

Don't I? 

Revisit our first significant snowfall of this winter 2024-25.

Whang it! Full speed ahead. 

Here we go with more photos of our first significant snowfall of winter 2024-25.

The progression.

Our first "heavy frost" in early October.

October the 10th our first evidence that winter is coming.

Yesterday, October the 28th. Looks like winter is here!

Today, October the 29th. No doubt about it. From 8 to 11 inches of snow accumulated beginning yesterday and continuing overnight!

Our summer flowers.

Our small Birch sprout (Kathleen's famous Warrior Weed) in the middle above and up close below.

From our front bedroom window.

Our Chevrolet Suburban, buried in snow, as seen from our front entryway porch. Nice our sidewalk was shoveled.

Across our street.

The beauty of nature. 

Now we are going to "zero in" on our truck.

Do all of you see the beginning of a "snow berm" in front of our truck? Our snowplow crew had begun to clear our main parking area last night and left this berm with no regard to it blocking our truck from exiting!

I was laying in bed at 11 o'clock this morning "waking up". I was looking forward to an easy day and watching game 3 of the World Series with Patti.

Suddenly I thought, "If I don't get our truck cleared off and out of its parking place, the snowplow crew will totally trap our truck".

We are leaving for Arizona in early November and I MUST have our truck free to drive for the next 12 days.

Get it? Got it? Good!

So Your Captain "went to work".

Thanks Dad! That sure feels better!

After I finished clearing most of the snow off our Suburban, I put it into 4 wheel drive low, put the transmission into it's lowest gear, and turning as tight as I could to the right, we two managed to get free.

Where do I park him now? 

In his assigned carport space.

We do not park our Suburban in our carport because we like to be able to see him from our bedroom window. He has been stolen once and vandalized (broken into or having his gasoline tank drilled by gasoline thieves) five times. Replacing a gasoline tank costs over $1,000 each time!

In the meantime, the front parking lot had been cleared so back in front Mister R. Richardson Richtoffen went.

Do you see the small mountain of snow he would have been behind if I hadn't moved him? The snowplow operators seem to have absolutely conscience when it comes to blocking people's vehicles.

The above and below photos show a large pile of snow the snowplow created.

The above pile of snow will remain there all winter getting larger and larger with each snowfall.

The view from our bedroom window. 

Now that our truck is free, I can immediately move him into our carport if we get another serious snowfall. Whew!!

Cap and Patti

OCT 28, 24 ( 1 / 3 ).. WINTER 2024-25.. OUR FIRST SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL..

Last night, we here in Anchorage were "put on alert" for our first major (5 to 8 inches) snowfall of this upcoming winter.

So we "hunkered down" in anticipation of todays snowfall.

Well, guess what? 

Yes we did have a significant snowfall that we don't expect to quickly melt as did our first "touch of winter snow" back on October the 10th did.

But is sure wasn't 5 to 8 inches! Yet!

Looking out from our living room at our backyard.

Our summer flowers sure have done very well since we planted them at the end of last July.

Looking out of our front bedroom window.

Standing on the front entryway porch to our building. 

No matter where you are living, the weather forecasts, at best, are oft incorrect! Yes we had significant snow but NOT 5 to 8 inches. Yet!

Smiling at the fact we will be doing our "real winter" down in Arizona!

We shall see what tomorrow may bring!

Cap and Patti

OCT 14, 24 .. A YELLOW PARKING LINE.. AND PETER RABBIT..

Patti and I live in a six-unit condominium. Each unit has one specified parking place in a carport behind our building that is impossible to see from our unit.

Out in front of our Condo we have three, open to the community, parking places. There are no restrictions as to who may park in these three spaces.  From our Condo, we can easily see these parking places. Because of random vandalism in our community, we much prefer to park out front where we can see our truck.

It makes sense to do ones best to get along with neighbors. With this in mind, Patti and I do our very best to park as close as we can to our outside line to give the other two vehicles the maximum room we can give them.

In the next three photos, notice if you will, the total lack of clear parking lines.

As you can see above and below, there are basically no yellow parking lines.

When you are parking, you simply can't see the remainder of the former parking line.

In the below photo, you can see the short remainder of a long ago yellow parking place line.

In the below photo, each of us has given the other the maximum space to park that we can.

It has taken years but I finally decided to do what I could do to assist Patti and I to park as close as possible to one side of our parking place.

What to do? Paint our own yellow line so at least we can easily know when we have done our best to assist our neighbors, many of whom are in and out during the day.

In the next two photos below, you can see the faded remnants of a long ago yellow line.

Well Hello Peter Rabbit! How nice of you to join me!

To be sure my line did not wander, I painted it in individual segments. Then joined the segments to make one pretty straight line.

Voila! Just look at our new, yellow parking line!

Peter Rabbit you are really something.

Fun huh? Well Your Captain had some fun. From start to finish, it took me eight days to finish the project.

Smiles .. Cap and Patti who really helped me out when I needed more newspapers and other supplies.

November the 2nd, 2024

We are now "Into Winter".

Our Yellow Line is proudly surviving!

There you have it! Our Yellow Parking Line!

Cap and Patti who "Rooted Me On"!