Storm Stayed on PEI

Well what a night! We have drifts 8 feet high in the drive way of finely packed snow. Now I understand why the Inuit can have so many words for snow - it has so many characteristics. This is like shoveling tight packed sand. Heart attack trap!

We will be here for days I suspect. To make things really fun - our septic tank decided to pack it in as well. We have moved to the barn. There is maybe 10 feet of snow where the septic is and the ground is frozen. We could be in the barn until spring!

I also stupidly did not take the new wood into the barn when the weather was good. I will be trudging through the snow with arm loads of dry wood from the main house instead. We are prepared for no electricity now. We expect freezing rain today which is a the real risk for widespread electricity failure. Got the lamps, the candles, the gas stove.

Pictures will follow - of the snow and not of our backed up toilets.