It's a Winter Wonderland in May!

We ended up getting 5.5" of heavy, wet snow.  Lots of downed power lines in the area and trees weighed down and many split - or branches broken.  Bill was called out at 3:30 a.m. for power lines down north of town.  It was in the ditch and not causing any problems for people passing by so they didn't have to babysit it until the power company came.  

Lots of people in the area were without power for several hours including Peggy and Tim & Bette Jo.  Ours tried to go off twice but didn't.  Schools are closed.

The gravel roads were very slushy and mushy but the highways were all good so Bill and I made a trip to Ft. Dodge.  He had several things to get for the shed at Menard's.  We had bad luck with places being closed.  We were going to have lunch at Sports Page but it wasn't open.  Bill was wanting two things from Radio Shack in the mall but we found that it has been closed.  Then on the way home we wanted to get some ice cream at Dairy Queen in Humboldt but it was closed due to no power.  Not our day!

Something we learned with this snow storm, wet snow sounds like thunder when it slides off the roof of the new shed!   The good thing is the snow is melting fast.