Helping a friend dig out of the snow.

Good morning from a cool, cold and soon to be wet California.

Yesterday was international women’s day and we were blessed here where I work to go help dig our friend and coworker out of the snow up in the mountains. They got upwards of 3 meters, 9 foot of snow there and that has never happened before, or at least not in the lifetime of our seamstress friend Toni who has lived up there all her life. She’s in her 70s, so rare snow storm. But we were super happy to get up there with shovels, snow plow, food and water.

The authorities are allowing local residents only, so we had her send us a photo of her ID so we could show them we are going up there to dig her out. 9 hours later we were back in the valley and had her car and driveway dug out, she’s got more food for her dogs and herself or to share with others in need up there. They are a very tight nit community up there, heck she saw us coming up on a web camera. Woman down the road from her was facebooking her live as we drove by asking if we were there for her.

The new normal up there, we saw this the whole way in to her house once we got up to the snow line. Even part of the lake up there was frozen in, that was really neat to witness.

The big ol four by four we were in just barely made it for the tires were right at the edge of the plowed snow on these streets up in the trees.

This is what we started with after we unloaded the truck, the car is 30 foot, 10 meters in there so we got one heck of a workout. I slept really good last night after my shower and dinner. And that is her house buried way back there.

The snow was so deep here that Darrel simply choose to roll in to the car, there is a little Fiat under all that snow. We bailed out on digging out the fiat and choose to dig out her all wheel drive car.

This is the fun vehicle we used to get us up into the mountains, that is a really fun truck but I must say, when we got back it looked like we went out and played in the mud and not the snow. She needs a serious cleaning today.

TaDa, we got her out and now she is mobile again. Hopefully her sons get the snow off her carport and roof, get the snow off the deck and stairs on the back side of the house before something bad happens.

This is the rear deck or patio, Gabriel is hard at it and the goal here is to get that wight off the deck before it collapses for the snow is melting off the roof right there and will soon be on the patio deck.

Okay, so there is the update from helping our female friend on International Woman’s day and our gift to her. We have been eager to get up there and help her. They are already finding people frozen to death up there and we are all certain that is going to continue.

The authorities and the local population was not ready for that much snow is such a short amount of time, however super glad our friend and coworker is happy, healthy, warm and mobile.

She ya all next adventure

Super David Scott, the Zam Man.